Ebook: Memories and Adventures

A scholarly edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s autobiography

The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle serves Conan Doyle’s growing reputation as a significant force in the literature of Scotland, the English language and the world.

For the first time, the volume provides students, enthusiasts and researchers with everything needed for a serious appreciation of Memories and Adventures, the autobiography of Conan Doyle’s life in literature, medicine, travel, politics, war, sport and spiritualism.

This scholarly edition includes:

• A collation of four versions of the book including manuscripts
• An introduction giving the history of the book’s composition, publication, revision, and reception, placing it in personal, historical and literary contexts
• A full textual apparatus, showing all significant emendations and variations
• Ample explanatory notes, including data on the hundreds of historical figures and events mentioned in the book