Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 22 May 1859. When he was a young boy he liked reading books. In 1876 he began studying medicine at Edinburgh University. One of his professors was Dr Joseph Bell. Dr Bell watched his patients closely so that he could understand their illness. Later, Dr Bell became Conan Doyle’s model for Sherlock Holmes. In 1882 Conan Doyle became a doctor. [...]

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Mrs Warren’s Problem

Secret Messages

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started writing his stories about Sherlock Holmes in the late nineteenth century, during Victorian times. A lot of Britain’s greatest writers wrote at this time and this inspired him. During the nineteenth century educational possibilities were slowly getting better, and more and more people were learning to read and write. Without the radio, cinema or television, reading was the favourite type of entertainment. [...]

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The Face in the Mirror

Danger!

Giuseppe Gorgiano

In the early part of the nineteenth century there was a lot of crime in London. The city was crowded and criminals could hide easily. It was often not safe to walk down the dark streets. In 1829 Sir Robert (Bobby) Peel (1788-1850) started the London Metropolitan Police at Scotland Yard. It was the world’s first modern police force with around 1,000 men. [...]

The beautiful young woman stood in the empty room and looked sadly at the body of the dead man. Then she looked at us with her dark eyes. ‘But you! Are you the police?’ she asked. ‘Yes, we are the police,’ said Gregson. She looked around the dark room. ‘But then, where is Gennaro?’ she asked. ‘Gennaro Lucca is my husband. I am Emilia Lucca and we come from New York. Where is Gennaro? He just called me from this window and I ran here. [...]

The Red Circle

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