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From the early stories, to the great popular triumphs of the Sherlock Holmes tales and the Professor Challenger adventures, the ambitious historical fiction, the campaigns against injustice, and the Spiritualist writings of his later years, Conan Doyle produced a wealth of narratives. He had a worldwide reputation and was one…
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This is a riveting overview of Conan Doyle's life and times. Strongly grounded in the man himself's writings, it deals comprehensively with various topics that occupied him throughout his life, including sport, medicine, science, law and order, army and empire, and spirit. It is full of scholarship and endless fascination.
From Andrew's list on Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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The High House
The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.
The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.
Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
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