{"product_id":"southsea-stories-and-beyond-paperback-edition-the-complete-uncollected-stories-of-arthur-conan-doyle-paperback","title":"Southsea Stories And Beyond (paperback edition): The Complete Uncollected Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Wingett\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eArthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Lycett\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouthsea Stories and Beyond, the Complete Uncollected Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Note: Paperback copies available at a special price of  15 post-free in the UK from the publisher at www.lifeisamazing.co.uk)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile working as a GP in Portsmouth's seaside resort of Southsea between 1882 and 1890, young Arthur Conan Doyle produced short stories and novels at an astonishing rate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of his anonymously-published tales were forgotten, only to be rediscovered around a century later in 1983. They are included here, along with more recent discoveries collected in book form for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConan Doyle wrote comedies, tragedies, horror, supernatural and earthbound mysteries, unlikely adventures from the outposts of Empire and much more besides. All became part of his story-telling palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages you will meet a military medic, a super-shrewd observer of people, a terrified occupant of a lonely country house, a diamond thief, a masked visitor and many other characters imagined by Conan Doyle as he inched ever-closer to his greatest creation: Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many associate Holmes with London, this book reveals how the detective was initially conceived in Southsea - and why Portsmouth will forever be \"Sherlock's home\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42123857199239,"sku":"9781913001056","price":43.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/97f84686de505ed81e43205a2d4ab8d8.webp?v=1732568495","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/southsea-stories-and-beyond-paperback-edition-the-complete-uncollected-stories-of-arthur-conan-doyle-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}