A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle Revised and Expanded Edition - Softcover

Brian W Pugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178092285X ISBN 13: 9781780922850

Publisher: MX Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

A fully revised, expanded and comprehensive chronology of the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first section contains a detailed chronology of the major and minor events in the life of Sir Arthur and his family from 1794 to 1930. This is followed by a section on events from 1930 to 1993, the residences of Conan Doyle and his family, where are they buried, locations of plaques and statues, a list of biographies and semi-biographical works, a bibliography, a selective list of miscellaneous writings, works consulted and about the chronologist. Finally, there are a number of well-reproduced photographs of ACD his family at various times of his life; some have not appeared in print before. This publication proves that there is more to Arthur Conan Doyle than just Sherlock Holmes.

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Review:

For many of us it will quickly become an essential part of our reference libraries. --Sherlock Holmes Society of London

There can be little doubt that this book from Brian Pugh is one of the most important books on Conan Doyle. It is a truly indispensable guide for the researcher and has already aided me in my present researches. Where there are areas of disagreement ,especially regarding dates, all views and sources are shown. This is one of the book's strongest points. Brian does not seek to impose his personal opinion on the reader by choosing one source over another. To sum up. If you need a volume in which you can easily look up a period in Conan Doyle s life you can do no better than to buy this book. --Alistair Duncan [winner 2011 Howlett Award for The Norwood Author]

About the Author:

Brian W. Pugh lives in Lewes, East Sussex not far from the town of Crowborough (the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1907-1930). He was born in 1944 and has lived in Lewes all of his life, he is semi-retired after being made redundant from British Gas after 30 years, where he was employed as a Supervisor and Assessor. He first became interested in Sherlock Holmes in 1958 when he received his first Holmes book The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories; this was followed in 1960 with The Sherlock Holmes Long Stories, both are still in his collection. His interest in Holmes was reawakened with the Jeremy Brett series on television and he joined The Franco-Midland Hardware Company and The Sherlock Holmes Society of London. On becoming increasingly interested in Conan Doyle he joined The Conan Doyle (Crowborough) Establishment and The Arthur Conan Doyle Society. He is a member of many of other Holmesian groups including The Poor Folk on the Moors, The Sydney Passengers in Australia, plus many more. Brian is The Curator of The Conan Doyle (Crowborough) Establishment, which is a society dedicated to Arthur Conan Doyle; he is also responsible for maintaining the modest ACD collection that The Establishment holds of Conan Doyle photographs and ephemera. He also assists in research about ACD, his life, his family and his writings etc., and assists the media and general enquiries for research about Conan Doyle. The Establishment was instrumental in fund raising and arranging the erection of the Conan Doyle statue in Crowborough.

About this edition

• Publisher: MX Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 178092285X
• ISBN 13: 9781780922850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280