IN MARCH 1885, ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE was in practice as a doctor in Southsea, a suburb of Portsmouth, the great naval base on the south coast of England.
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(1991)
The Real World of Sherlock Holmes
The True Crimes Investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle
by Peter Costello
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This book details how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the doctor, became a detective writer. It draws on his education by Dr. Joseph Bell in Edinburgh University on how to observe and reason on even the smallest details when considering physical evidence of a possible crime. Through real life events, crimes and celebrated murders, we learn that Doyle was more like Sherlock Holmes in his methods and observations, and that he was at times, very much a real private detective. This is a fascinating case book on crimes and causes, for Doyle was always looking to help those who needed help. The last fifteen years of his life were spent on investigation and vigorous support of the spiritualist movement, but this did not entirely take away his interest in the various fields of criminology. Some of the major crimes of the early 20th Century are also discussed, and Doyle's observations are interesting to read.
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Conan Doyle détective: les véritables enquêtes du créateur de Sherlock Holmes
2010, Éd. France loisirs
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Conan Doyle, Detective: The True Crimes Investigated by the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
November 1, 2006, Carroll & Graf
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Conan Doyle detective: true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes
2006, Carroll & Graf
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Conan Doyle: Detective
2006, Carroll & Graf Publishers
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The Real World of Sherlock Holmes: The True Crimes Investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle
1991, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Running Press, Brand: Carroll n Graf Pub
Mass Market Paperback
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0786700203 9780786700202
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1991, Carroll & Graf
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The real world of Sherlock Holmes: the true crimes investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle
1991, Robinson
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"IN MARCH 1885, ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE was in practice as a doctor in Southsea, a suburb of Portsmouth, the great naval base on the south coast of England."
Table of Contents
A detective calls --
Dr Doyle and Mr Holmes --
The chamber of horrors --
By every post a call for help --
Strange studies from life --
The mystery at Moat House Farm --
The club of queer crimes --
The trail of Jack the Ripper --
The persecution of George Edalji --
Stolen : the Irish crown jewels --
The vanished Dane --
The Langham Hotel mystery --
Was Crippen innocent? --
The case of Oscar Slater --
Why Miss Gilchrist died --
Into the Valley of Fear : crime in America --
The Bluebeard of the bath --
The errant knight --
Ned Kelly and Fisher's ghost : crime in Australasia --
New light on old crimes --
Conan Doyle and the motor-bandit : crime on the continent --
The strange death of the general's wife --
Death beside the sea --
The Crowborough chicken farm murder --
The case of the missing lady --
The zoo park murder --
A peculiar death at Umtali --
The cobbler and the fish-peldar --
Epilogue : the files are closed.
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