Houdini & Conan Doyle : The Great Magician and the Inventor of Sherlock Holmes
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In the early 20th century, in the English-speaking world, Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini were two of the most feted and famous men alive. And their relationship is extraordinary: As strange as it may seem Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the ultra-rational detective Sherlock Holmes, was a believer in Spiritualism. He came to his belief, that one could communicate with the dead, after his son was killed in World War I, and became an expert in the field. Harry Houdini, the world's foremost magician, was a friend of Conan Doyle's, but was sceptical of his belief in the supernatural. Houdini took every opportunity to use his knowledge of illusion to expose psychics who he thought were fakes, particularly incensed by their exploitation of grief and insecurity. Based on original research, this sensational dual biography of two popular geniuses conjures up the early 20th century and the fame, personality and competing beliefs.
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- Hardback | 320 pages
- 156 x 234 x 30mm | 626g
- 20 Oct 2011
- Prelude
- Duckworth
- United Kingdom
- English
- Export
- ill
- 0715641468
- 9780715641460
- 1,400,594
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'This is a fascinating journey into a pair of extraordinary lives.' * We Love This Book * 'Astonishing... two great men who went from friendship to enmity in a battle over the after-life.' * Express * 'A magnificently rich tale.' * The Guardian *
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About Christopher Sandford
Christopher Sandford has been a professional writer for 29 years. A regular contributor to Cricketer International in the eighties, he has written biographies of English cricket legends Godfrey Evans and Tom Graveney, as well as biographies of Keith Richards, Steve McQueen, Roman Polanski and, most recently, Imran Khan. His articles have appeared in, among others, The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair and The New York Times. He divides his time between Seattle and England.
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