Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Tales of Terror and Mystery is a volume that contains 12 stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1922 by John Murray. The collection is divided into two parts: Tales of Terror with horror stories and Tales of Mystery with stories with strange schemes. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (Edinburgh; May 22, 1859-Crowborough; July 7, 1930) was a British writer and physician, creator of the celebrated fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. He was a prolific author whose work includes science fiction stories, historical novels, theater, and poetry. Although he signed A. Conan Doyle, which might lead one to think that his surname was Conan Doyle, both the British Library and the Library of Congress catalog his works with the surname Doyle.Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 at number 11 Picardy Place, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. He belonged to an Irish Catholic family that had provided a saga of illustrators and cartoonists, started by his grandfather John Doyle and continued by his uncles, illustrator Richard Doyle, who designed the cover and head of Punch magazine, the antique dealer James Doyle and Henry E. Doyle, director of the National Gallery of Ireland.
