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September 12, 2018

Review: Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer

This book chronicles the golden age of magic from the mid 19th century through to the mid 20th. Its connection is a Doylean one in so far as the book devotes a fair number of pages to Harry Houdini who, as we know, was a friend and enemy of Conan Doyle.

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Published on September 12, 2018 02:43

August 16, 2018

Review: A Chronology of the Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2018 Edition by Brian Pugh

To those not in the know, Brian Pugh has been working on his chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle for many years and used to privately print and circulate it prior to its more formal publication.
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Published on August 16, 2018 02:25

August 7, 2018

Review: The Adventure of the Wordy Companion

These days it is a joy to get my hands on a Sherlockian reference work. In comparison to the ceaseless flow of pastiche, non-fiction books are rare and not as valued as they should be.

So I was pleased to get the opportunity to review The Adventure of the Wordy Companion: An A-Z Guide to Sherlockian Phraseology by Nicko Vaughan.

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Published on August 07, 2018 00:33

June 27, 2018

Review: Conan Doyle for the Defence

I was supplied with a free copy of this book for the purposes of review.

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Published on June 27, 2018 02:49

June 19, 2018

Book giveaway - Conan Doyle for the Defence

On the same day I posted my review of The Ardlamont Mystery I was approached by Profile Books to review Conan Doyle for the Defence.

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Published on June 19, 2018 01:31

June 13, 2018

Review: The Ardlamont Mystery by Daniel Smith

In the interests of fairness, I disclose that I was sent a free copy of this book by the publisher for the purposes of review.

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Published on June 13, 2018 01:38

June 12, 2018

Twitter announcement

I am changing the way I make use of Twitter. Please read on.

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Published on June 12, 2018 06:08

May 21, 2018

Soon to be reviewed....

As regular visitors will know, not a lot has been happening on this blog in 2018. This is partly down to the rising demands of my day job but also down to the fact that little has been going on in the Doyleockian world that interested me enough to blog about it.
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Published on May 21, 2018 06:27

March 19, 2018

Are the shadows looming....?

Firstly I must apologise for the lack of posts since the end of January. The combination of a busy life and a relative lack of Sherlockian stuff worth talking about is to blame.

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Published on March 19, 2018 04:31

January 31, 2018

I know it's not Sherlock but...

Yes I'm afraid I'm going to write another post about Solar Pons...

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Published on January 31, 2018 00:47