The adventure of six Napoleons and other cases / Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh and studied medicine at the university, after an education in Jesuit schools in Lancashire and Austria. He had an active career as doctor and ophthalmologist, including volunteering in Bloemfontein during the Boer War, but also in the public sphere as Deputy-Lieutenant of Surrey, writer of widely read historical works and political pamphlets, veciferous opponent of miscarriage of justice and twice parliamentary candidate (although he was never elected). Yet it was for his brilliant creation of the first scientific detective, Sherlock Holmes, that he achieved great fame - so great that after he killed Holmes off to concentrate on his historical work, he was forced to bring the character back to life. In later life, Conan Doyle was converted to Spiritualism, writing works such as The Coming of the Fairies, and was a friend of the magician Houdini. He died of a heart attack in 1930, at the age of seventy-one.

The man with the twisted Lip -- The adventure of the yellow face -- The adventure of the resident patient -- The problem of Thor Bridge -- The adventure of the Gloria Scott -- The adventure of the six napoleons -- The adventure of the stockbroker's clerk -- The adventure of the crooked man -- The adventure of the solitary cyclist -- The adventure of the Noble bachelor -- The adventure of the missing three-quarter -- The adventure of the blue carbuncle -- The adventure of the copper beeches