The man who would be Sherlock : the real life adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle
Sandford, Christopher, 1956-2017
Books, Manuscripts
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.
Main title:
The man who would be Sherlock : the real life adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle / Christopher Sandford.
Author:
Sandford, Christopher, 1956-, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2017.
Collation:
316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780750965927 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.912823.912 DOY
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2505117