This is the first novel I have read by Ms. Webb but when she started with an epigraph page with quotes from William Wordsworth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudolph Steiner, I knew I was in for a well-wrought story. She certainly knows her literary stuff. The novel straddles the span of a century —…
Life After Death | Futility Closet
Late in life Arthur Conan Doyle pursued an interest in the possibility of spiritualism and existence beyond the grave. He was widely criticized for this, but a writer to the Graphic raised a redeeming point: Although we may misbelieve mediums and With doubt and suspicion our minds may be filled, Sherlock Holmes, we must grant,…
Undershaw Saved!
The home which Conan Doyle built in Surrey has been saved from development! Thanks to the banding together of fans and preservationists around the world. But there is still plenty to do. Please visit the Undershaw Preservation Trust’s site to find out how you can help – from the UK or abroad.
The Save Undershaw Preservation Trust
A group dedicated to saving one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s homes. Lend your support. The Save Undershaw Preservation Trust.
From Paris Review – Hocus Pocus, Margaret Eby
Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Unlikely Friendship On the Daily : Paris Review – Hocus Pocus, Margaret Eby. Something I’ve been fascinated with since I saw the much too often overlooked film, Fairy Tale: A True Story.