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.
An edition of The Real World of Sherlock Holmes
(1991)
Conan Doyle
Detective
First Carroll & Graf edition
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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
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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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0786718552 9780786718559
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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
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The real world of Sherlock Holmes: the true crimes investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle
1991, Robinson
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The real world of Sherlock Holmes: the true crimes investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle
1991, Carroll & Graf
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Table of Contents
1 A Detective Calls 1 --
2 Dr Doyle and Mr Holmes 12 --
3 The Chamber of Horrors 18 --
4 By Every Post a Call for Help 35 --
5 Strange Studies from Life 48 --
6 The Mystery at Moat House Farm 66 --
7 The Club of Strange Crimes 71 --
8 The Trail of Jack the Ripper 79 --
9 The Persecution of George Edalji 95 --
10 Stolen: The Irish Crown Jewels 133 --
11 The Langham Hotel Mystery 142 --
12 The Vanished Dane 147 --
13 Was Crippen Innocent? 150 --
14 The Case of Oscar Slater 153 --
15 Into the Valley of Fear: Crime in America 171 --
16 The Bluebeard of the Bath 190 --
17 The Errant Knight 197 --
18 Ned Kelly and Fisher's Ghost: Crime in Australasia 206 --
19 New Light on Old Crimes 214 --
20 Conan Doyle and the Motor-Bandit 227 --
21 The Strange Death of the General's Wife 233 --
22 Death Beside the Sea 242 --
23 The Crowborough Chicken Farm Murder 249 --
24 The Case of the Missing Lady 254 --
25 The Zoo Park Murder 265 --
26 A Peculiar Death at Umtali 276 --
27 The Cobbler and the Fish-Pedlar 284 --
Epilogue: The Files are Closed 289.
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