Bibliograph

The man who would be Sherlock, the real life adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle, Christopher Sandford

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The man who would be Sherlock, the real life adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle, Christopher Sandford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrationsportraitsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The man who would be Sherlock

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Christopher Sandford

Sub title

the real life adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle

Summary

When Arthur Conan Doyle was a small, lonely boy at pre-prep Newington Academy in Edinburgh, a Frenchman named Eugene Chantrelle was engaged there to teach Modern Languages. Ten years later, he would be hanged for the murder of six young girls, and two boys from the Academy - and medical student Doyle would provide forensic evidence at the trial concerning the dismembered bodies. This extraordinary link between actual murder and the greatest detective story writer of all time is one of many. Christopher Sandford follows those links and draws out the connections between Conan Doyle's literary output and factual criminality, a pattern that will enthrall and surprise the legions of Sherlock fans. In a sense, Conan Doyle wanted to be Sherlock - to be a man who could bring order and justice to a terrible world

Table Of Contents

1.The Doll and its Maker -- 2.`The Darkness of Doyle's Mind' -- 3.Duet with an Occasional Chorus -- 4.The Creeping Man -- 5.`You Never Forget the First Nick of the Razor' -- 6.The Lost World -- 7.A Case of Identity -- 8.`As Brutal and Callous a Crime as Has Ever Been Recorded' -- 9.Is Conan Doyle Mad? -- 10.The Final Problem

Target audience

adult

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