Moriarty Unmasked: Conan Doyle and an Anglo-Irish Quarrel

Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for the Sherlock Holmes stories, was of Irish descent, describing himself as an Anglo-Celt. Actively involved with a resolution of the Irish Question, Doyle explores in his fiction the inherent obstacles to peace. His creation, Professor Moriarty, embodies the Fenian threat at the very heart of the British Empire.