Letter to Mrs. F. Pepys Cockerell (7 july 1954)
This letter was written by Adrian Malcolm Conan Doyle, third son of Arthur Conan Doyle, on 7 july 1954, to Mrs. F. Pepys Cockerell.
Letter
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ESTATE
- Box 180
- British P.O.
- Tangier, Morocco
- British P.O.
July 7th, 1954.
Mrs. F. Pepys Cockerell,
The Brook House,
Aldermaston,
READING, Berks.
Dear Mrs. Pepys Cockerell,
I must indeed apologise for the long delay in replying to your kind letter, but I have been away in Austria for the past two months.
I am deeply appreciative of your kind words apropos my Sherlock Holmes stories. As you can imagine, it was an exacting undertaking to even attempt a continuation of the original Saga, but I felt that it had to be done under the Conan Doyle banner rather than risk that sooner or later some stranger should try to do the same thing.
Working with John Dickson Carr on the first four stories was very helpful, but unfortunately my collaborator became extremely ill and so I found myself with the alternative of either giving up the project or of carrying on single-handed. I decided on the latter course but I will not pretend that it was an easy task.
However, a letter like yours makes it all worth while.
Thank you again,
Yours sincerely,
Adrian M. Conan Doyle
