Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters 0641917848, 9780007346110

This extraordinary annotated collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's private correspondence offers unique insight in

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Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
 0641917848, 9780007346110

Table of contents :
Dedication
Introduction
1 - The Schoolboy (1867-1876)
2 - The Medical Student (1876-1882)
3 - The Struggling Doctor (1882-1884)
4 - Cracking the Oyster (1884-1890)
5 - ‘Author of Sherlock Holmes’ (1891-1893)
6 - Putting Holmes Behind Him (1894-1896)
7 - Country Life (1896-1898)
8 - War in South Africa (1899-1900)
9 - Politics and Honours (1900-1902)
10 - The Final Hindhead Years (1903-1907)
11 - Windlesham to the Outbreak of War (1907-1914)
12 - The World War (1914-1918)
13 - His Last Crusade (1918-1920)
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index

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