The doctor, the detective and Arthur Conan Doyle
Subtitle: a biography of Arthur Conan Doyle
By: Martin Booth.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780340648971
Subjects: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930; Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Biography; Authors, Scottish -- 20th century -- Biography; Spiritualists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-357) and index.
Table of contents: title: The poor relations; title: Stonyhurst, Feldkirch and Edgar Allan Poe; title: A raw-boned cartilaginous youth; title: Savages, fever and George Turnavine Budd; title: The doctor and the detective; title: Putting out cargo; title: Characters, crime and cocaine; title: A suburban gentleman of letters; title: A widening of horizons; title: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : patriot; title: The resurrection of Sherlock Holmes; title: The pony molester, an upholsterer's hammer and other injustices; title: New worlds, lost worlds; title: Into the ether