Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

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Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s name is recognised the world over, for decades he was overshadowed by his creation, Sherlock Holmes - one of literature`s most enduring characters.
Conan Doyle was a man of many contradictions. Romantic, energetic, idealistic and upstanding, he could also be selfish and foolhardy. Lycett assembles the many threads of Conan Doyle`s life, including the lasting impact of his domineering mother and his alcoholic father; his affair with a younger woman while his wife

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