A Scandal in Bohemia. This paper discusses how the King of Bohemia hires Holmes to get incriminating photograph of Irene Adler. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - Scottish-born English writer known for his detective stories based around the character of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was a physician before gaining fame as a writer and, in his later years, he devoted most of his time to the study of spiritualism and the occult.1 A Scandal in Bohemia (1891) - The King of Bohemia hires Holmes to get an incriminating photograph from Irene Adler, the only woman to ever outwit Holmes. Pages: 4 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 624 Scandal in Bohemia.doc Price: 35.80