The quest for Sherlock Holmes
Subtitle: a biographical study of Arthur Conan Doyle
By: Owen Dudley Edwards
Publisher: Mainstream
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Doyle, Arthur Conan, -- Sir, -- 1859-1930 -- Biography; Doyle, Arthur Conan, -- Sir, -- 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes; Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Biography
Description: Using extensive new evidence in Edinburgh, Stonyhurst (where Arthur Conan Doyle went to school) and elsewhere, Owen Dudley Edwards shows how Conan Doyle's boyhood experiences shaped his literary attitudes and much of the genius of his writing.
Notes: Includes index