I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere9 Nov 2007

Episode 13: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life in Letters

"a man of letters" [WIST]

We're pleased to welcome two noted authors to the show this week: Jon Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower. The recently edited a biography about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle along with Doyle's great-nephew Charles Foley. Comprised of hundreds and hundreds of letters, the book is already a critical success and is gaining popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. We talk with Jon and Dan to get some of the behind-the-scenes information from them.

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Show Notes

Introduction of Jon & Dan, their qualifications
Why this biography is so different, after 20 others
Where did all of these letters come from?
Working with the Conan Doyle estate
The heavy influence of Mary Doyle in her son's life
Jon & Dan share perspectives of working with original letters - the good & the bad
More of the bad: a chronologist's nightmare
Looking at Conan Doyle's faith and his turn to spiritualism
Did the editors find any surprises or new discoveries?
How the biographers view their subject now, after working so closely with his letters
The Editor's Gas-Lamp: The Baker Street Journal, Volume 4, No. 1, 1949 (Old Series)
Show wrap-up

Links

Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
Jon's other related work: The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographers in Search of a Life
Dan's related work: Teller of Tales: The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Berg Collection at the New York Public Library
The University of Minnesota Libraries' Sherlock Holmes Collections
The I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Facebook Group

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