Alistair Duncan's Blog, page 6
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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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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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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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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June 27, 2018
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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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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June 12, 2018
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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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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