Conan Doyle's Edinburgh

4: Liberton

Near the Cameron Toll supermarket, at the Conan Doyle Medical Centre, we’re at the house where Conan Doyle was brought when his father’s drinking temporarily broke up the family. Owen tells us how staying here impressed upon Conan Doyle a love of history and discusses a possible source for Sherlock Holmes’ love of second hand books.

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