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Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognized the world over, for decades the man himself has been overshadowed by his better understood creation, Sherlock Holmes, who has become one of literature's most enduring characters. Based on thousands of previously unavailable documents, Andrew Lycett, author of the critically acclaimed biography Dylan Thomas, offers the first definitive biography of the baffling Conan Doyle, finally making sense of a long-standing mystery: how the scientifically minded creator of the world's most rational detective himself succumbed to an avid belief in spiritualism, including communication with the dead. Conan Doyle was a man of many contradictions. Always romantic, energetic, idealistic and upstanding, he could also be selfish and fool-hardy. Lycett assembles the many threads of Conan Doyle's life, including the lasting impact of his domineering mother and his wayward, alcoholic father; his affair with a younger woman while his wife lay dying; and his nearly fanatical pursuit of scientific data to prove and explain various supernatural phenomena. Lycett reveals the evolution of Conan Doyle's nature and ideas against the backdrop of his intense personal life, wider society and the intellectual ferment of his age. In response to the dramatic scientific and social transformations at the turn of the century, he rejected traditional religious faith in favor of psychics and s ances -- and in this way he embodied all of his late-Victorian, early-Edwardian era's ambivalence about the advance of science and the decline of religion. The first biographer to gain access to Conan Doyle's newly released personal archive -- which includes correspondence, diaries, original manuscripts and more -- Lycett combines assiduous research with penetrating insight to offer the most comprehensive, lucid and sympathetic portrait yet of Conan Doyle's personal journey from student to doctor, from world-famous author to ardent spiritualist.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival. In 2003, the book was listed as number 128 of 200 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel." In 1999, it was listed as the top Holmes novel, with a perfect rating from Sherlockian scholars of 100.Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the death of his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville. Sir Charles died at his Devonshire estate, Baskerville Hall, and Mortimer now fears for Sir Charles's nephew and sole heir, Sir Henry Baskerville. The death was attributed to a heart attack, but Mortimer is suspicious, because Sir Charles died with an expression of horror on his face, and Mortimer noticed "the footprints of a gigantic hound" nearby. The Baskerville family has supposedly been under a curse since the era of the English Civil War, when Hugo Baskerville offered his soul to the devil for help in abducting a woman and was reportedly killed by a giant spectral hound. Sir Charles believed in the curse and was apparently running away from something when he died. Intrigued, Holmes meets with Sir Henry, newly arrived from Canada. Sir Henry has received an anonymous note, cut and pasted from newsprint, warning him away from the moors, and one of his new boots is inexplicably missing from his London hotel room. The Baskerville family is discussed: Sir Charles was the eldest of three brothers; the youngest, black sheep Rodger, is believed to have died childless in South America, while Sir Henry is the only child of the middle brother. Sir Henry plans to go to Baskerville Hall, despite the ominous warning message. Holmes and Dr. Watson follow him from Holmes's Baker Street apartment back to his hotel and notice a bearded man following him in a cab; they pursue the man, but he escapes. Mortimer tells them that Mr. Barrymore, the servant at Baskerville Hall, has a beard. Sir Henry's boot reappears, but an older one vanishes.Holmes dispatches Watson to accompany Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall. They learn that an escaped murderer named Selden is believed to be in the area.Barrymore and his wife wish to leave the estate soon. Watson hears a woman crying in the night; it is obvious to him that it was Mrs. Barrymore, but her husband denies it. Watson has no proof that Barrymore was in Devon on the day of the chase in London. He meets a brother and sister who live nearby: Mr. Stapleton, a naturalist, and the beautiful Miss Stapleton. When an animalistic sound is heard, Stapleton is quick to dismiss it as unrelated to the legendary hound. When her brother is out of earshot, Miss Stapleton mistakes Watson for Sir Henry and warns him to leave. Sir Henry and she later meet and quickly fall in love, arousing Stapleton's anger; he later apologizes and invites Sir Henry to dine with him a few days later....Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908) was a British illustrator of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine.
Here is dramatic new evidence for the survival of our individual personalities after death. It is provided by an astonishing series of recent communications from a man who died in 1930 and whose mission, when alive, was to bring just such evidence to the notice of the widest possible audience - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This 'study in survival' describes in vivid detail the intriguing twists and turns of an investigation worthy of the immortal Sherlock Holmes himself, whose legendary return from apparent death uncannily foreshadows that of his famous creator. The novel and ingenious method of communication used and the actual content of many of the messages are shown to be characteristic of Sir Arthur, reflecting many aspects of his colorful personality and action-packed life, as well as demonstrating paranormal knowledge of current affairs and major news events.
Conan Doyle tait un choix particuli rement pertinent car il nous parle la fois de litt rature de genre et de la m tapsychique de son temps auquel il adh ra sans r serve. Au fil des pages du pr sent ouvrage, le lecteur d couvrira Doyle fervent spirite et promoteur des photographies d'esprits qui furent tant pris es au d but du si cle dernier. Lauric Guillaud voque les mondes perdus, aventure litt raire empruntant autant la science qu' l'imagination. Jocelin Morisson th orise cette spiritualit la que que le chaos du monde et les plus r centes d couvertes scientifiques semble faire merger, Claude Arz, l'Enchanteur, nous plonge dans l'Histoire oubli e de Dion Fortune et de la bataille magique d'Angleterre, occultisme patriotique et rempart magique contre les nazis, histoire aussi tonnante qu'authentique. L'artiste Camille Renversade, qui nous a livr la plus belle des expositions sur l'univers de Doyle, voque aux cot s de Dominic Marquet la cryptozoologie, les l gendes et les folklores qui impr gnent l'oeuvre du cr ateur du personnage du Professeur Challenger, tandis que le Chevalier Altamont Dupin nous plonge avec d lice dans les pastiches de Holmes qui ont finalement construit, plus que le canon litt raire, l'image arch typale du d tective. Mich le Malka-Laz s nous livre le r cit personnel et inspir des sujets atteints d'Alzheimer qui c toient le vestibule de la mort tandis que Daniel Sangsue, nous invite un voyage litt raire du c t des fant mes et apparitions. Joslan F. Keller investigue avec une rigueur toute holmesienne, l' trange affaire ufologique d'Harravilliers, sans doute une des rencontres rapproch es parmi les plus solides et document e. L'ardennais Romuald Leterrier explore quant lui l'intelligence des plantes, la conscience v g tale et les visions chamaniques, nous conduisant de la jungle aux toiles. Thibaut CANUTI.
This volume celebrates and extends the extraordinary and transformative work of Ian Doyle on medieval manuscripts and their legacies. Eighteen original contributions by eminent international scholars of manuscript studies and history of the book present new research on textual issues, manuscript preservation and circulation, manuscripts and print, and the afterlives of manuscripts. Essays adopt the multi-faceted and nuanced approaches to manuscript studies and history of the book characteristic of Ian Doyle's work, taking up topics to which his research has drawn attention, extending his studies of particular manuscripts, scribes and networks, and exploring his remarkable contributions to the field. Contributors are: Ralph Hanna, Susan Powell, Julia Boffey, David Rundle, James Willoughby, Carol Meale, Martha Driver, William Marx, Veronica O'Mara, Richard Gameson, Kathleen Scott, Margaret Connolly, Richard Beadle, A. S. G. Edwards, Elizabeth Rainey, Pamela Robinson, Toshi Takamiya, Linne Mooney, and Derek Pearsall.
In early 1900, the paths of three British writers--Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley and Arthur Conan Doyle--crossed in South Africa, during what has become known as Britain's last imperial war. Each of the three had pressing personal reasons to leave England behind, but they were also motivated by notions of duty, service, patriotism and, in Kipling's case, jingoism. Sarah LeFanu compellingly opens an unexplored chapter of these writers' lives, at a turning point for Britain and its imperial ambitions. Was the South African War, as Kipling claimed, a dress rehearsal for the Armageddon of World War One? Or did it instead foreshadow the anti-colonial guerrilla wars of the later twentieth century? Weaving a rich and varied narrative, LeFanu charts the writers' paths in the theatre of war, and explores how this crucial period shaped their cultural legacies, their shifting reputations, and their influence on colonial policy.
Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde join forces to foil a dangerous plot to assassinate the queen and foment revolution. But in order to do they must defeat a shadowy cadre of unstoppable murderers created by reanimating executed criminals.
Born with the ability to connect to loved ones who have crossed over, Medium Diane Doyle shares her incredible journey from being a terrified and lonely little girl to becoming a successful and respected Medium with dedicated followers from around the world. In this biography, Diane shares personal details of discovering her unique abilities, working through childhood trauma, domestic abuse, public scrutiny, and finally discovering her own peace and happiness. While Diane's gift is a blessing, it also comes with a hefty price tag including fractured family relationships and many health problems. Take a peek inside the life of a Medium in this amazing life story of Diane Doyle. It's nothing like you've seen on TV
SHERLOCK HOLMES SOLVES HIS THREE MOST DIFFICULT CASES IN THIS HUMOROUS PLAY THAT IS SURE TO HAVE YOU LAUGHING. THE MOST PECULIAR CASE OF THE SENILE DETECTIVE OR THE CASE OF THE DARK BLUE STAIN) BY A CONAN THE BARBARIAN) DOYLE INCLUDES DOCTOR WATSON, ABIGAIL EGG ROLL AND GENERAL TSAO CHICKEN.
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