{"product_id":"conan-doyle-and-the-mysterious-world-of-light-1887-1920-hardback-edition-hardcover","title":"Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light, 1887-1920 (Hardback Edition) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Wingett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eM. Gunton\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable post-free in the UK from the publisher's website, www.lifeisamazing.co.uk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why did the man who created Sherlock Holmes believe in ghosts?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom early in his medical career, Arthur Conan Doyle was fascinated by the paranormal. As a young doctor in Southsea, he investigated séances, telepathy and hypnosis and in 1887, the year of his first Sherlock Holmes novel, he became convinced of spirit communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as Holmes's fame grew, Conan Doyle investigated poltergeists, automatic writing and spirit photography. Then, in 1916, as the Great War's death toll mounted, he announced to an astonished his belief in Spiritualism, all the while, continuing to produce stories starring his ultra-rational consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eConan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTrace Conan Doyle's thinking as he grapples with paranormal phenomena and reaches the extraordinary conclusion that they are real.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRead his own account of speaking with his dead son, Kingsley, and making physical contact with his manifested spirit.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover why Conan Doyle was accused of \"necromancy\" by Press and Church.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFind out how H G Wells, George Bernard Shaw and others were drawn into the debate.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollow Conan Doyle's journey to becoming an international missionary and leader of a world movement.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first in a three-part series tracing his belief in Spiritualism, \u003cem\u003eConan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light \u003c\/em\u003eis a detailed, entertaining true history. Includes newspaper reports, biographies of key figures, glossary, index, bibliography - and every article and letter he wrote for the Spiritualist magazine \u003cem\u003eLight \u003c\/em\u003ebetween 1887 and 1920, many of which have never been published in book form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468632211709,"sku":"9780957241381","price":71.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/aGdUVk5nN2pqVkt1eDZxSGVSekVTdz09.webp?v=1777290683","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/conan-doyle-and-the-mysterious-world-of-light-1887-1920-hardback-edition-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}