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The tragic case of Conan Doyle

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From: Scotland on Sunday
Date: 20070218
Author:Anna Millar Arts Correspondent

A FORMER GP last night sparked a literary row after claiming to have unearthed proof that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was schizophrenic.

Doctor turned author Andrew Norman makes the claim in a new book, which uses Conan Doyle's medical records, family history and fictional works as evidence for his claim.

Arthur Conan Doyle: Beyond Sherlock Holmes, a biography due out next month, alleges that the Edinburgh-born author inherited the mental condition from his father Charles.

It has been widely reported that the writer's early life was marked by tragedy. After returning from a difficult time at ...

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