The adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle : a biography , None by Miller, Russell, None instant download

The adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle : a biography , None by Miller, Russell, None instant download

xii, 516 pages, [8] pages of plates : 25 cm, Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favorite writers; his work is read with affection--and sometimes obsession--the world over, but his life was no less fascinating than his fiction. Conan Doyle grew up in relative poverty in Edinburgh. He struggled both as a young doctor and in his early attempts to sell short stories, having only limited success until Sherlock Holmes propelled him to worldwide fame. Beyond writing, Conan Doyle led a full life, participating in the Boer War, falling in love with another woman while his wife was dying of tuberculosis, campaigning against injustice, and converting to Spiritualism, a move that would bewilder friends and fans. Russell Miller is the first biographer to have been granted unlimited access to Conan Doyle's private correspondence, and also makes use of the writer's personal papers and the Richard Lancelyn Green archive, the world's most comprehensive collection of Conan Doyle material.--From publisher description, Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-503) and index, 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