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On the trail of Arthur Conan Doyle : an illustrated Devon tour / Brian W. Pugh and Paul R. Spiring.
- Title
- On the trail of Arthur Conan Doyle : an illustrated Devon tour / Brian W. Pugh and Paul R. Spiring.
- Author
- Pugh, Brian W.
- Publication
- Brighton, England : Book Guild, 2008.
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- Description
- xiv, 125 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Hound of the Baskervilles is without doubt Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous Sherlock Holmes story. It has been adapted for film, stage and television and employed the talents of some of our finest actors. Similar treatment has also been afforded to another Doyle story entitled The Lost World that features a character called Professor George Challenger. However, there has been comparatively little exploration of the extent to which Doyle's friends may have influenced these two stories, namely Bertram Fletcher Robinson and George Turnavine Budd respectively. That is until now." "Brian Pugh and Paul Spiring have researched their subjects exhaustively and, as well as presenting fascinating portraits of Robinson and Budd, have unearthed new information about Conan Doyle himself. Included is a detailed tour of those parts of Devon associated with the three subjects of this study, commencing in Plymouth and ending in Torquay. A substantial bibliography, invaluable to both scholars and the casual reader, completes the volume." "On the Trail of Arthur Conan Doyle is an important contribution to the body of research on the creator of English literature's best loved detective, and will appeal not only to aficionados of Sherlock Holmes but to all those with an interest in fiction writing, literary history or West Country studies."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Robinson, S. Bertram
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 > Friends and associates
- Budd, George Turnavine
- Budd, George Turnavine, 1855-1889
- Robinson, Bertram 1870-1907
- Holmes, Sherlock
- Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)
- Literary landmarks > England > Devon > Guidebooks
- Dartmoor (England) > In literature
- Devon (England) > Guidebooks
- Genre/Form
- Guidebooks
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- 2. Dr George Turnavine Budd -- 3. Bertram Fletcher Robinson -- 4. Arthur Conan Doyle Tour.
- ISBN
- 9781846241987 (hbk.)
- 1846241987 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 181927816
- SCSB-10991163
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library