Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes - Couverture souple

Lycett, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0753824280 ISBN 13 : 9780753824283

Editeur : W&N, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Ground-breaking biography of the creator of fiction's best loved detective

Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognised the world over, for decades he was overshadowed by his creation, Sherlock Holmes - one of literature's most enduring characters.

Conan Doyle was a man of many contradictions. Romantic, energetic, idealistic and upstanding, he could also be selfish and foolhardy. Lycett assembles the many threads of Conan Doyle's life, including the lasting impact of his domineering mother and his alcoholic father; his affair with a younger woman while his wife lay dying; and his fanatical pursuit of scientific data to prove and explain various supernatural phenomena.

Lycett combines access to new material with assiduous research and penetrating insight to offer the most comprehensive, lucid and sympathetic portrait yet of Conan Doyle's personal journey from student to doctor, from world-famous author to ardent spiritualist.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Andrew Lycett was educated at Charterhouse and went on to read modern history at Christ Church, Oxford. As a foreign reporter he specialised in Africa and the Middle East. A full-time author since the early 1990s, he has written a number of highly acclaimed biographies and lives in North London.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W&N
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0753824280
• ISBN 13: 9780753824283
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 600