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| Books LLC : Scottish Mystery Writers: Josephine Tey, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Rankin, Peter May, Glenn Chandler, Quintin Jardine, J. I. M. Stewart | |
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Scottish Mystery Writers: Josephine Tey, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Rankin, Peter May, Glenn Chandler, Quintin Jardine, J. I. M. Stewart |
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English |
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Paperback |
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64 |
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2010-09-15 |
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1155720067 |
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Books LLC |
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0.23 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.12 inches |
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Chapters: Josephine Tey, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Rankin, Peter May, Glenn Chandler, Quintin Jardine, J. I. M. Stewart, Marion Chesney, Denise Mina, William Mcilvanney. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a father of Irish descent, Charles Altamont Doyle, and an Irish mother, née Mary Foley. His parents were married in 1855 and he was one of 10 siblings. Although he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is uncertain. The entry in which his baptism is recorded in the register of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh gives 'Arthur Ignatius Conan' as his Christian name, and the simple 'Doyle' as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school Hodder Place, Stonyhurst, at the age of nine. He then went on to Stonyhurst College, but by the time he left the school in 1875, he had rejected Christianity to become an agnostic. From 1876 to 1881, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, including a period working in the town of Aston (now a district of Birmingham) and in Sheffield. While studying, he also began writing short stories; his first published story appeared in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal be...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18951335
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