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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets."--Publisher's description.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction.
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English
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"The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger's popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle's most acclaimed detective. Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective's genius, mastery, and heroism became the standard by which other creators...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the parallel histories of Sherlock Holmes and England during the Victorian era. Black traces the evolution of Arthur Conan Doyle's plots and characters as culture and society changed dramatically in his lifetime"--
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A look at Sherlock Holmes extensive knowledge and use of science, especially chemistry in his investigations. He seemed to always make his deductions from the most mundane facts. This book also discusses mathematics, physics, biology, astronomy, meteorology and geology, always, of course, in the context of Holme's exploits.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
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Description
For longtime Conan Doyle fans as well as readers just discovering Sherlock Holmes, a wickedly smart and rollicking journey through the birth, life, and afterlives of popular culture's most beloved sleuth.
More than a century after Sherlock Holmes first capered into our world, what is it about Arthur Conan Doyle's peculiar creation that continues to fascinate us? Dundas provides a history of an idea, a biography of someone who never lived, a tour...
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Private Investigations, twenty fan-favorite mystery writers share their first-person stories of grappling with mysteries they've personally encountered, at home and in the world. Caroline Leavitt regales us with a medical mystery, a time when she lost her voice and doctors couldn't find a cure; Martin Limon travels back to his military stint in Korea to grapple with the chaos of war; Anne Perry ponders the magical powers of stories conjured from...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was “just” an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn’t? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why—despite all the...
13) The lineup: the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Agatha Christie was not only the most successful author of detective stories the world has ever known, she was also a mystery in herself, giving only the rarest interviews--declining absolutely to become any sort of public figure. Distinguished crime novelist H. R. F. Keating brings together a dozen noted writers to throw light on the ever-intriguing Dame Agatha. Some essays analyze Christie's art itself; some explain the reasons for her success....
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Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited, parte de Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
¿Qué causó un escándalo en Bohemia? ¿Dónde estaba Estrella de Plata? ¿Qué era el sabueso de los Barkerville? Aplicando la lupa a cada uno de los casos de Sherlock Holmes, este libro trae a la vida el mundo del legendario detective de sir Arthur Conan Doyle. --
A reference to each of Sherlock Holmes' cases as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle provides infographics, quotations, and at-a-glance flowcharts that explain how the Baker Street detective...
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