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| Books LLC : Writers of Historical Mysteries: Edith Pargeter, Paul C. Doherty, John Dickson Carr, Lindsey Davis, Michael Jecks, Robert Van Gulik | |
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Writers of Historical Mysteries: Edith Pargeter, Paul C. Doherty, John Dickson Carr, Lindsey Davis, Michael Jecks, Robert Van Gulik |
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English |
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Paperback |
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122 |
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2010-09-15 |
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1155907922 |
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Books LLC |
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0.42 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.28 inches |
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Chapters: Edith Pargeter, Paul C. Doherty, John Dickson Carr, Lindsey Davis, Michael Jecks, Robert Van Gulik, Arthur Conan Doyle, Barbara Mertz, Peter Berresford Ellis, Margaret Frazer, Simon Scarrow, Susanna Gregory, Steven Saylor, Laura Joh Rowland, C. J. Sansom, John Maddox Roberts, David Wishart, Bernard Knight, Joseph Kanon, Margaret Doody, Alan Gordon, I. J. Parker, Simon Levack, David Donachie, Alys Clare, Kate Sedley, Keith Miles. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 120. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a father of Irish descent, Charles Altamont Doyle, and an Irish mother, née Mary Foley. His parents were married in 1855 and he was one of 10 siblings. Although he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is uncertain. The entry in which his baptism is recorded in the register of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh gives 'Arthur Ignatius Conan' as his Christian name, and the simple 'Doyle' as his surname. It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school Hodder Place, Stonyhurst, at the age of nine. He then went on to Stonyhurst College, but by the time he left the school in 1875, he had rejected Christianity to become an agnostic. From 1876 to 1...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18951335
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