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Andrew Lycett
An exploration of all that encompasses the world of Sherlock Holmes - tracing the infamous character's own interests, personality and mythologised biography alongside that of his creator's.
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Critically acclaimed biographer Lycett researches thousands of previously unavailable documents to shine an entirely new light on the baffling life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of one of…
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Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world traveler, spy–this suave creator of the Cold War’s archetypal secret agent was infinitely more complicated and interesting than his iconic fictional character, James Bond.
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The world as seen through the eyes of the inventor of the world’s greatest detective
Tells the definitive biography of Wilkie Collins: the Victorian novelist, playwright, author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White, who lived a life of sensation.
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Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012.
The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his ‘rock 'n roll’ lifestyle as his artistic work
Ground-breaking biography of the creator of fiction’s best loved detective
This definitive biography unravels the intricate story of a misunderstood genius who became Britain’s most famous author in his day, published with a brand new introduction on the 150th anniversary…
The definitive biography of James Bond creator Ian Fleming - revised and updated. ‘Excellent’ DAILY MAIL ‘Fast paced and perceptive’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘Impressive’ INDEPENDENT
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A revelatory new life of the legendary Welsh writer who died amid alcohol and debts - published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his death.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This beautiful hardback collection features the world’s most famous detective in his most classic adventures. Finally, in The Hound of Baskerville, we follow Sherlock and Watson as they investigate murder…
Hugo Charteris
On first publication in 1958, The Daily Telegraph’s reviewer said Hugo Charteris’ Europeans are neurotic, frightened, clinging to their fragmented patterns…the sheer intensity of the whole book is terrifying. In…
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Arthur Conan Doyle
The first complete edition of the previously uncollected short stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with specific interest in his home town of Southsea, Portsmouth, during the 1880s, where he…
Julian Barnes is one of the most refined British writers and distinguished intellectuals of his generation whose rich body of work has been awarded many literary prizes both in the…
