Teller Of Tales: The Life Of Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN:
9780713993738 (0713993731)
Publish date: January 1st 2000
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 472
Edition language: English
A rather facile biography of Doyle. You learn things, but it seems to lack depth. Honestly, Mr. Stashower how do you know what Doyle's first didn't know?Not quite what Arthur & George put in mind for.
This is a very interesting book about a fascinating and enigmatic man. Enigmatic because it is difficult to understand how a mind that could create Sherlock Holmes, the ultra-clinical, ultra-sceptical detective, could also believe in fairies, table-tapping, "voices from beyond," and pretty much any ...