Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Great Boer War. V1. 14 Jan 2011
 

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle witnessed the occurrence of the Boer War between Britain and the Boer Republics. He was greatly affected and lent his considerable writing skills to a depiction of the War and its political environment.