In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle asked his father — Charles Altamont Doyle — to illustrate his soon-to-be-published novel A Study in Scarlet....

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Arthur Conan Doyle was the first person to advance the brilliant theory that Jack the Ripper committed his murders whilst in drag. In...

In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle asked his father - Charles Altamont Doyle - to illustrate his soon-to-be-published novel A Study in Scarlet. ...