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Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle

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From: The Virginia Quarterly Review
Date: 19991001
Author:Anonymous

Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle, by Daniel Stashower.

With upwards of a dozen biographies of Conan Doyle published since his death in 1930, one might well ask why we need another? One answer, of course, is Sherlock Holmes, the most famous detective in English fiction, with whom the author grew impatient, but who, in turn, largely made his literary reputation. Another answer is that there was a good deal more of interest in Conan Doyle's public life than the creation of his illustrious sleuth. Much of what he thought and did, however, is shrouded in mystery, and there is still ...

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