Some of the people involved were believed to be sources of inspiration for some of the writings of Oscar Wilde and -- according to the article -- Vicious Circle

Some of the people involved were believed to be sources of inspiration for some of the writings of Oscar Wilde and -- according to the article -- Vicious Circle claims that the 1908 Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” was a thinly veiled riff on the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels.