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The Man Who Would Be Sherlock

The Real-Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Man Who Would Be Sherlock

By: Christopher Sandford
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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In The Man Who Would Be Sherlock, a world-famous biographer reveals the strange relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's real life and that of Sherlock Holmes.

Though best known for the fictional cases of his creation Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle was involved in dozens of real life cases, solving many and zealously campaigning for justice in all. Stanford thoroughly and convincingly makes the case that the details of the many events Doyle was involved in, and caricatures of those involved, would provide Conan Doyle the fodder for many of the adventures of the violin-playing detective.

There can be few (if any) literary creations who have found such a consistent yet evolving independent life as Holmes. He is a paradigm that can be endlessly changed yet always maintains an underlying consistent identity, both drug addict and perfect example of the analytic mind, and as Christopher Sandford demonstrates so clearly, in many of these respects, he mirrors his creator.

©2017 Christopher Sandford (P)2018 Macmillan Audio
Authors Detective European Literary History & Criticism Traditional Detectives Fiction Sherlock Holmes Mystery
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