Table of contents : Dedication Introduction 1 - The Schoolboy (1867-1876) 2 - The Medical Student (1876-1882) 3 - The Struggling Doctor (1882-1884) 4 - Cracking the Oyster (1884-1890) 5 - ‘Author of Sherlock Holmes’ (1891-1893) 6 - Putting Holmes Behind Him (1894-1896) 7 - Country Life (1896-1898) 8 - War in South Africa (1899-1900) 9 - Politics and Honours (1900-1902) 10 - The Final Hindhead Years (1903-1907) 11 - Windlesham to the Outbreak of War (1907-1914) 12 - The World War (1914-1918) 13 - His Last Crusade (1918-1920) Epilogue Acknowledgments Index