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The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle (Hardcover)

by Russell Miller (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Harvill Secker (2 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0436206137
  • ISBN-13: 978-0436206139
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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`[a] judicious and entertaining biography'
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4.0 out of 5 stars fascinating and erudite study,Miller does it again., 3 Nov 2008
By E. S. Carte "Stafford" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a very well constucted biography of a giant in popular literature. I cannot recommend it highly enough. The adventures of the writer become as exciting as the works he wrote. His later self delusion in the spiritualist movement, gets poignant payback. I read it with great pleasure. Informative and entertaining.Buy it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good but some rookie errors, 10 Jul 2009
By Alistair Duncan "AlistairD" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is easily the most readable Conan Doyle biography since "Teller of Tales" by Daniel Stashower. Andrew Lycett's slightly earlier biography is, in my opinion, richer on details but is a lot harder to wade through.

The only reason that I have not given five stars is that Miller is guilty of some silly errors. He gets the number of Sherlock Holmes stories wrong and, by omitting certain details, he creates an inaccurate impression of where Conan Doyle was at certain periods of his life.

Miller's book is good but should not be your sole Conan Doyle reference. It will serve you best if you have other books (such as Andrew Lycett's) to plug the gaps that he leaves.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest books by Russel Miller, 29 Oct 2008
By Mr. Ralph Smorczewski (West Sussex, GB) - See all my reviews
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With two books about Arthur Conan Doyle already published this year, it must have been a daunting task to find original material about a very similar subject. Russell Miller, the author of Adventures of Athur Conan Doyle seems to have done that.The picture of Conan Doyle that emerges from what has clearly been fairly intensive research, is a likeable, highly intelligent, shrewd and ultimately flawed human being, who happened to be a genius. That Miller is a journalist by profession, is clear from the crisp, informed and highly readable style. His aim was plainly to steer clear of a scholarly, foot-note rich work of reference and produce a reader-friendly biography.
Many readers think of Conan Doyle only in terms of his great creation, Sherlock Holmes. This book, assembled in three sections, describes his life as a doctor - he was ship's doctor on a whaler - as a writer of novels and military history and as a devout spiritualist. His obstinate belief in life 'on the other side', his vulnerability to charlatan mediums and his laughable belief in the Cottingley Fairies, for example - and all this despite a scientific training - damaged his reputation beyond repair. A sad and ignoble end to a wonderful literary life
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