Watch videos about the life and literature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes.

Alison Becker talks about the visions that poet and author William Blake had as a child and how they affected his work.

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Alison Becker talks about William Golding's not-so-successful career as a teacher and how it inspired him to write "Lord of the Flies."

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Alison Becker talks about C.S. Lewis' literary society at Oxford, The Inklings.

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Jacqui Rossi talks about philosopher Sir Francis Bacon's life, his rivalry with King Phillip, and the conspiracy theories surrounding him.

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Jacqui Rossi talks about the life and achievements of Sir J.J. Thomson – the English scientist who discovered the electron.

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Alison Becker talks about the day jobs held by the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Jacqui Rossi talks about Roman emperor Nero: the good, the bad and the tyrannical.

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Naomi Ekperigin talks about John du Pont's strange, wealthy upbringing and his murder of wrestler Dave Schultz.

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