Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00HY09X16
Publish date: February 11th 2014
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages no: 499
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 ...