It's a very interesting book on life of the creator of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle. In this biography a reader can find unpublished so far letters, literary criticism and plenty of fascinating facts. The book is well-researched and well-written. A must for lovers of English literature.

NetGalley, Meg Gajda

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

An enjoyable read covering the creator of Sherlock Holmes and his life. Thoroughly researched and some interesting facts about sir Arthur Conan Doyle I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about sir Arthur Conan Doyle

NetGalley, Lional Jones

I have always loved reading anything and everything about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or his novels about Sherlock Holmes. This book really grasps the depth of his life and the genius writings of this beloved writer. Highly recommend!

NetGalley, Kay H

It has always been something of a mystery how someone as intelligent and accomplished as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ended his days being duped by a couple of Yorkshire schoolgirls into believing a number of clearly bogus pictures of fairies were real. By any measure, Conan Doyle was a very talented and successful man: a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction, a legal advocate, a qualified doctor, a political campaigner who played both football and cricket professionally and who also boxed, played golf and billiards very well. His towering achievement was, of course, the creation of great fictional Baker Street supersleuth, Sherlock Holmes. Although he was embarrassed by the levels of success this character achieved (Conan Doyle soon found he could come with the stories fairly easily), he can now justifiably described as the father of all modern detective fiction. Holmes's famous rule of thumb was always, "once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer." although he added, " I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible." Sadly, in later life, an increasingly superstitious Conan Doyle grew increasingly reluctant to eliminate the impossible too.
This short biography helps to explain why.

NetGalley, Chris Hallam

As seen in 'Why Sherlock Holmes’s razor sharp creator embraced the paranormal'

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The Express

It is fascinating to think of Conan Doyle creating such a logical, reasoning character as Sherlock Holmes while also being almost obsessed with seances, mediums and spiritualists. This book does a thorough job of exploring such facets of the man while also reflecting on his family history and upbringing. Really interesting and well written.

NetGalley, Louise Gray