{"product_id":"9781250079565","title":"The Man Who Would Be Sherlock : The Real-Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Man Who Would Be Sherlock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Christopher Sandford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA world-famous biographer reveals the strange relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's real life and that of Sherlock Holmes in the engrossing \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Would Be Sherlock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough best known for the fictional cases of his creation Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle was involved in dozens of real life cases, solving many, and zealously campaigning for justice in all. Stanford thoroughly and convincingly makes the case that the details of the many events Doyle was involved in, and caricatures of those involved, would provide Conan Doyle the fodder for many of the adventures of the violin-playing detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There can be few (if any) literary creations who have found such a consistent yet evolving independent life as Holmes. He is a paradigm that can be endlessly changed yet always maintains an underlying consistent identity, both drug addict and perfect example of the analytic mind, and as Christopher Sandford demonstrates so clearly, in many of these respects he mirrors his creator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Nonfiction Book of December\"!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sandford's accomplished, well-crafted work brings Conan Doyle into sharp relief as a man of scrupulous fairness and great integrity.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Impressively researched.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Christopher Sandford:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism…A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Masters of Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.'\"—\u003ci\u003eArthur Magida,\u003c\/i\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Séance \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Masters of Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must read… a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle… provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers… Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries… I couldn't put the book down.\" —\u003ci\u003eGeno Munari, \u003c\/i\u003ePresident, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic on\u003ci\u003e Masters of Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Absorbing and prodigiously researched… Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but \u003ci\u003eMasters of Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men.\"—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"In this fine biography, Sandford gives [Polanski's] films the praise they deserve, and he is fair as well to Polanski the man.\"—Jonathan Yardley,\u003ci\u003e Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250079565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Thomas Dunne Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40706845376718,"sku":"9781250079565","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a62cba50-05f4-451e-9de2-b44ec04735b9.jpg?v=1640580574","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250079565","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}