Arthur & Sherlock : Conan Doyle and the creation of Holmes
Sims, Michael, 1958-2017
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Place reservation for Arthur & Sherlock : Conan Doyle and the creation of HolmesAs a young medical student at the University of Edinburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle studied under the vigilant eye of Dr Joseph Bell. He observed as Dr Bell identified a patient's occupation, hometown and ailments both imagined and genuine from the smallest details of dress, gait and speech. Although Doyle was training to be a surgeon, he was meanwhile cultivating essential knowledge that would help him to develop and define the art of the detective novel. From Doyle's early days surrounded by poverty and violence, to his escape to University and finally to his first days as a surgeon in his own practice, acclaimed author Michael Sims traces the circuitous yet inevitable development of Arthur Conan Doyle as the father of the modern mystery, whose most famous creation is still the most well-known and well-loved of the canon's many members.
Main title:
Arthur & Sherlock : Conan Doyle and the creation of Holmes / Michael Sims.
Author:
Sims, Michael, 1958-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Collation:
245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781408858530 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.8823.8B920823
LC class:
PR4624
Local class:
B DOY823.8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1864826
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