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Close to Holmes by Duncan, Alistair is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Close to Holmes about?
Until her death in 1920, Arthur Conan Doyle's mother, Mary Foley, was the person he most often confided in, as over a thousand of their letters attest. The story of his efforts to create a medical practice, writing short stories as a pastime, is followed by a chronicle of growing success. Further correspondence reveals a man of high morals, who stalwartly held his convictions on politics, Spiritualism, and a determination to right the wrongs he found in the world.
Who reads Close to Holmes?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Duncan, Alistair
- Publisher
- Not Avail
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007247592
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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