A Scandal in Bohemia

"A Scandal in Bohemia" was the first of Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories to be published in The Strand Magazine and the first Sherlock Holmes story illustrated by Sidney Paget. (Two of the four Sherlock Holmes novels—A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four—preceded the short story cycle.) Holmes called on by a masked gentleman introducing himself as Count Von Kramm, an agent for a wealthy client, but Holmes quickly deduce... more

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was...

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