Arthur Conan Doyle' and 'The Man...   Dec 12, 2007 05:23:01

What his previously unpublisher letters tell us about the man. By Leslie S. Klinger Arthur Conan Doyle A Life in Letters Edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley Penguin Press: 710 pp., $37.95 The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes The Life and Times of Sir Arthur... Read More

The Guns of Sherlock Holmes   Dec 11, 2007 06:38:48

The exploits of the world's most renowned detective abound with arcane weaponry--from Adams and Webley revolvers to air canes to Afghan jezzails. By Garry James Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective, had a proficiency with firearms that has often been ignored by his biographers. Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective, has been the subj... Read More

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes   Dec 10, 2007 10:43:28

Molten lava and packed ice: even the natural forces that created Edinburgh's jagged landscape came in contrasting pairs. More than 300 million years ago one of the smouldering volcanoes that dotted the surrounding countryside erupted, making a series of crags, the tallest of which, serendipitously known as Arthur's Seat, now towers over the city. Later, vast glaciers ground their way through th... Read More