Ebook {Epub PDF} Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims

 · In Arthur and Sherlock, author Michael Sims does a wonderful job of weaving together history and literature to show how the first produced the second. The book gives us a detailed biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, showing how various influences percolated through his life to give us his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes/5. Shortlisted for the H. R. F. Keating Award from the International Crime Writers Association. From Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte's Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story. As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic Extent:  · Shortlisted for the H. R. F. Keating Award from the International Crime Writers Association. From Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte’s Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story. As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a Brand: Bloomsbury USA.

‎ Edgar Award Nominee Shortlisted for the H. R. F. Keating Award from the International Crime Writers Association From Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte's Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes. Book excerpt: Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes. A writer remembers Nashville's BookMan/BookWoman, which will close its doors at the end of the year. Decades after first reading Walden, Michael Sims still finds Henry David Thoreau exciting and challenging, maddening and inspiring. From Doyle's early years surrounded by poverty and violence, through his escape to university and a medical career, to the triumphant success of Sherlock Holmes, Michael Sims traces the circuitous development of Arthur Conan Doyle as the father of the modern mystery.

From Doyle's early days surrounded by poverty and violence, through to his first days as a surgeon, Michael Sims traces the circuitous yet inevitable development of Arthur Conan Doyle as the father of the modern mystery. The incomparable Sherlock Holmes emerges as a product of Doyle's varied lessons in the classroom and professional life. From Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte's Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern detective story. As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes. By Michael Sims. Illustrated. pp. Bloomsbury. $ “I don’t think you need have any fears about Sherlock,” Arthur Conan Doyle wrote to his mother.