The schoolboy (1867-1876)
The medical student (1876-1882)
The struggling doctor (1882-1884)
Cracking the oyster (1884-1890)
"Author of Sherlock Holmes" (1891-1893)
Putting Holmes behind him (1894-1896)
War in South Africa (1899-1900)
Politics and honours (1900-1902)
The final Hindhead years (1903-1907)
Windlesham to the outbreak of war (1907-1914)
The World War (1914-1918)
His last crusade (1918-1920)
Epilogue : Conan Doyle's final decade.