It may come as a surprise that the creator of Sherlock Holmes wrote a history of the Boer War. The then 40-year-old novelist wanted to see the war first hand as a soldier, but the Victorian army balked at having popular author wielding a pen in its ranks. The army did accept him as a doctor and Doyle was knighted in 1902 for his work with a field hospital in Bloemfontein. Doyle's vivid description of the battles are probably thanks to the eye-witness accounts he got from his patients.


биографии и мемуары

зарубежная публицистика

военная история

биографии писателей и поэтов

английская литература

военные мемуары

The Great Boer War

Собака Баскервиллей. Книга для чтения на английском языке

Знак четырех

Лучшие расследования Шерлока Холмса / The Best of Sherlock Holmes

Красное по белому. Тигр из Сан-Педро

Изгнанники

Затерянный мир

Рассказы о Шерлоке Холмсе. Союз Рыжих