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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798227003321

Autore

Duncan Alistair

Titolo

No better place : Arthur Conan Doyle, Windlesham and communication with the other side (1907-1930) / / Alistair Duncan [with a foreword by David Stuart Davies]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bedfordshire : , : Andrews UK Limited, , 2015

ISBN

1-78092-798-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

823.809

Soggetti

Authors, English

Spiritualism

Spiritualists

Authors, English - Homes and haunts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Dedication; Praise for 'No Better Place'; Acknowledgements; About the author; Epigraph; Foreword; Body matter; Introduction; 1907; Making Changes; 1908; Sherlock Holmes Begins His Last Bow; Olympic "Games"; 1909; A Sense of Mortality; The Curtain Rises; 1910; The Curtain Falls and Rises; George Newnes Passes On; 1911; Motoring and Home Rule; The End of the Beginning; 1912; The Lost World and The Lost Ship; 1913; Billiards, Tunnels and Suffrage; Sleuthing on the Silver Screen; 1914; Into the Valley; The East Wind Arrives; 1915

Writing, Lecturing, Volunteering and Loss1916; Stepping Into The Light; 1917; His Last Bow; 1918; A Test of Faith; 1919; Challenge and Counter Challenge; "I am so happy"; 1920; Enter Houdini; The Coming of the Fairies; The 'Champion of Spiritualism'; Fifteen Days & Eight Lectures; The End of an Era; 1921; Farewell Australia; Holmes on Screen, Stage and Page; 1922; Back to America; The Public Rift Opens; 1923; The New Paget?; A Man Deceived?; 1924; Vampires, Clients and Garridebs; 1925; Bookshop, Belfast and The Land of Mist; Paris and Bignell Wood; 1926; Keeping a Low Profile?

The Case For and Against1927; The Canon Complete; The Convict Released; 1928; Flood Damage; Taking the Message to Africa; 1929; 'I



am that Ghost'; 1930; Breaking the Link; Doyle's Work is Done; Back matter; Bibliography; Links; Also available

Sommario/riassunto

Following his second marriage in 1907 Arthur Conan Doyle was looking to the future. The years ahead would see the birth of three children, fresh literary success and the discovery of his new faith. Those same years would also see the First World War, the final adventures of Sherlock Holmes and ridicule from the religious and scientific communities for his beliefs.