Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters » (Bargain)

Jon Lellenbergis the editor of The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and is the Conan Doyle estate's U.S. representative. Daniel Stashower is the author of the Edgar Award-winning Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle. Charles Foley is the great-nephew of Arthur Conan Doyle and is the present executor of the Conan Doyle estate. He lives in Sussex, UK. All three are members of the Baker Street Irregulars, a club of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts founded in 1934.

A remarkable annotated collection of previously unpublished private correspondence from the creator of Sherlock Holmes

This extraordinary annotated collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's private correspondence offers unique insight into one of the world's most popular authors. Detailing Conan Doyle's life from his beginnings as a country doctor to his struggle with the success of Sherlock Holmes and his ultimate calling as the foremost spokesman for Spiritualism, Conan Doyle's letters expose his innermost thoughts on literature, world events, and matters of the heart. Under the stewardship of editors renowned for their expertise on both Conan Doyle's life and the Sherlock Holmes stories, this remarkable volume reveals a man whose character and exploits rival that of his famous creation.

The Barnes & Noble Review

On November 22, 1891, after writing five Sherlock Holmes stories now considered enduring classics of the mystery genre, Arthur Conan Doyle sat at his desk composing a letter to his mother. He dipped his pen in ink and scratched these words onto the paper: "I think of slaying Holmes in the sixth & winding him up for good & all. He takes my mind from better things."

Introduction 1
1 The Schoolboy (1867-1876) 17
2 The Medical Student (1876-1882) 89
3 The Struggling Doctor (1882-1884) 155
4 Cracking the Oyster (1884-1890) 235
5 "Author of Sherlock Holmes" (1891-1893) 283
6 Putting Holmes Behind Him (1894-1896) 325
7 Country Life (1896-1898) 373
8 War in South Africa (1899-1900) 407
9 Politics and Honours (1900-1902) 453
10 The Final Hindhead Years (1903-1907) 509
11 Windlesham to the Outbreak of War (1907-1914) 549
12 The World War (1914-1918) 601
13 His Last Crusade (1918-1920) 651 Epilogue: Conan Doyle's Final Decade 681 Acknowledgments 685 Index 687\