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Through a glass, darkly : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the quest to solve the greatest mystery of all /

After the American Civil War, while bodies still littered battlefields, the movement known as Spiritualism began to sweep across America as thousands of people, mostly from shock and grief, tried to make contact with the recently departed. The movement captivated Europe as well, especially England i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bechtel, Stefan (Author), Stains, Larry (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Doyle, Arthur Conan, > 1859-1930.
Authors, Scottish > 19th century > Biography.
Authors, Scottish > 20th century > Biography.
Spiritualists > Biography.
Spiritualism > History > 19th century.
Literature and spiritualism > History > 19th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
RELIGION / Spirituality.
Table of Contents:
  • The infinite strangeness of life
  • Into the unknown
  • "Mister Splitfoot, do as I do!"
  • The spiritual wildfire
  • The invention of Sherlock Holmes
  • The science of the unseen
  • "Some splendid starry night"
  • The Saint Paul of spiritualism
  • An embarrassment of fairies
  • The strangest friendship in history
  • Sex, lies, and séances
  • Houdini cheats...again
  • "We have just begun to fight!"
  • A death foretold
  • The lion in winter
  • Sir Arthur, is that you?