Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was a British physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. In this book: The Lost World The Poison Belt The White Company The Mystery of Cloomber The Great Boer War The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales Tales of Terror and Mystery