What war did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle write about?

Answer 1

He began writing short stories (says Wikipedia) while at university studying to become a doctor, so some time in his university career from 1876 and 1881. We know his first short story appeared before he was 20, so that narrows it down to between September of 1876 and May of 1879.

According to this biography at the link below, he attended university with a number of people who would become famous authors, and "a couple of years" into his studies he wrote a short story. His first short story sold (don't expect that if you write), so the story mentioned in Wikipedia was his first. Because they also give the date of his first publication--1879--and Wikipedia says it was published before his birthday, he probably began writing fiction in 1878.
He was bored of waiting for his medical patients to come. He was 20 when the first of his stories was published, 'The Mystery of Sassasa Valley (1879).

Answer 2

At the age of Fifteen Conan Doyle was often found to be surrounded by enraptured young students in the London Boarding School he studied, to hear the amazing stories he made up for them. At the age of Twenty six, he had seriously begun to write. He started writing A Study In Scarlet in 1886 the publication of which in December 1887 brought him instant fame when he was 28.

Answer 3

No. Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' (1841) is acknowledged as the first modern detective short story, and Wilkie Collins's 'The Moonstone' (1868) is acknowledged as the first modern detective novel.

Answer 4

The Mystery of Sassasa Valley (1879).

The first Sherlock Holmes book was "A Study In Scarlet" (1886).

Answer 5

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about the Boer War in his work "The Great Boer War". He served as a doctor in the war and was inspired to write about his experiences and insights.

Answer 6

The Coming of the Fairies