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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, Alistair, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.

Doyle, Arthur Conan.

Authors, English.

Spiritualism.

Spiritualists.

Authors, English--Homes and haunts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bedfordshire : Andrews UK Limited, 2015.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 25, 2016).

ISBN:

1-78092-798-3