“My correspondence has certainly the charm of variety, and the humbler are usually the more interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.”

British physician and author of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Doyle is best known for creating the detective Sherlock Holmes. His stories and novels, blending logic and observation, remain foundational to detective fiction and popular culture.