Conan Doyle's Wide World - Sherlock Holmes and Beyond

Zusatztext Conan Doyle's Wide World reveals the crime writer's insatiable curiosity and insight into the human condition and the people, places, and things that so clearly influenced his work, providing a fascinating glimpse of Conan Doyle's work beyond Holmes. And right now when most of us are homebound, this volume is a tantalizing reminder of the great places awaiting exploration. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Lycett Klappentext With fascinating extracts from his own writings, this book reveals the captivating travels and adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle - the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle was not simply the creator of the world's greatest detective; he was also an intrepid traveler and extraordinary travel writer. His descriptions of his journeys and adventures--which took him to the Arctic and the Alps, throughout Africa, Australia and North America, and across every ocean in between--are full of insight, humor and exceptional evocations of place. Until now, these captivating travelogues have never been gathered together. In this ground-breaking book, Andrew Lycett, Conan Doyle's celebrated biographer, collects and annotates the best of his writings from around the world, which illuminate not just the places he visited, but the man himself. Vorwort This book reveals the captivating travels and adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle - the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Zusammenfassung The world as seen through the eyes of the inventor of the world's greatest detective Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The ArcticGreat Britain and IrelandEuropeMiddle EastAfricaNorth AmericaIndian SubcontinentAustralia and New ZealandSouth AmericaGeneral Romance and Adventure Acknowledgements Select Bibliography A Note on the Author Index

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

The Arctic
Great Britain and Ireland
Europe
Middle East
Africa
North America
Indian Subcontinent
Australia and New Zealand
South America
General Romance and Adventure

Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
A Note on the Author
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Andrew Lycett is a writer and broadcaster who has written acclaimed biographies of Ian Fleming, Rudyard Kipling, Dylan Thomas, Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle. As a journalist, Lycett has contributed regularly to The Times, Sunday Times and many other newspapers and magazines. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Lycett, LYCETT ANDREW
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781788312066
• ISBN: 978-1-78831-206-6
• Seiten: 336
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Reise > Kartenzubehör, Sonstiges; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, 20th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900