Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle A Biography

Name: Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle A Biography
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ISBN: 9780312378974

ISBN-10: 0312378971

ISBN-13: 9780312378974

Edition: 2008

Authors: Russell Miller

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As the creator of Sherlock Holmes, "the world's most famous man who never was," Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favorite writers; his work is read with affectionand sometimes obsessionthe world over. Doctor, writer, spiritualist: his life was no less fascinating than his fiction. Conan Doyle grew up in relative poverty in Edinburgh, with the mental illness of his artistically gifted but alcoholic father casting a shadow over his early life. He struggled both as a young doctor and in his early attempts to sell short stories, having only limited success until Sherlock Holmes became a publishing phenomenon and propelled him to worldwide fame. While he enjoyed the celebrity Holmes brought…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 12/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Foreword



The Doctor



Family Pride and Family Shame



Childhood



The Medical Student



The Amazing Doctor Budd



A Struggling Practice



Enter Sherlock Holmes



Vienna Interlude



The Writer



The Great Detective and the Strand



A Premature Death



The 'Honorary War Correspondent'



Conan Doyle in Love



The Boer War



The Parliamentary Candidate



The Return of Holmes



A Real-life Sherlock Holmes



A New Life With Jean



The Lost World



The Great War



The Spiritualist



The Path to Spiritualism



The Apostle



The Curious Case of the Cottingley Fairies



The Spiritualist and the Magician



Pheneas Speaks



Farewell to Holmes



The Final Journey


Epilogue


Chronology


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index