Angels of Darkness: A Drama in Three Acts

by Arthur Conan Doyle

A facsimile edition of a portion of the manuscript and a complete transcript of the previously unpublished manuscript. Edited and with an introduction by Peter E. Blau, and with commentary by leading Sherlockian and Doylean scholars.

Introduction / by Peter E. Blau --
Angels of darkness / by Arthur Conan Doyle --
History of the manuscript of Angels of darkness / by Clifford S. Goldfarb --
Angels of darkness and the absence of Sherlock Holmes / by Christopher Roden --
Angels of darkness and its theatrical context / by Don B. Wilmeth --
The Mormon subplot in A study in scarlet and Angels of darkness / by Michael W. Homer.

Genres: Fiction

191 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.