{"product_id":"conan-doyle-and-the-mysterious-matt-wingett-9780957241350","title":"Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light: 1887-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvailable post-free in the UK from the publisher's website, www.lifeisamazing.co.uk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConan Doyle And The Mysterious World of Light \u003c\/em\u003etraces the spiritualist career of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between the years 1887 and 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with his early psychic investigations in Southsea, it tracks his development from a fascinated dilettante to becoming the mouthpiece of a world movement. Throughout these years, \u003cem\u003eLight, \u003c\/em\u003ea magazine dedicated to the mystical and occult traced his journey, not least by the letters and articles he wrote exclusively for the magazine. It was and still is the organ of the London Spiritualist Alliance, now known as the College for Psychic Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery article and letter Conan Doyle wrote for the magazine during this period is here reproduced, often for the first time, as well as correspondence and articles bearing on his own writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book thus tells the story of Conan Doyle's Spiritualism while surrounding his writing with the discussions, debates and controversies of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt sets his belief in the context of his powerful imagination which created the iconic Sherlock Holmes, his indefatigable energy which made him such an effective missionary and all against the backdrop of the Great War, which was a powerful impetus for his public declaration of faith in 1916.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the question of how the creator of the arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes also came to believe in ghosts, this book holds the fascinating answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Wingett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0957241356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780957241350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Life Is Amazing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.67d","brand":"Matt Wingett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44890606567679,"sku":"9780957241350","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a41be332-7d40-4273-84ce-5a203d38d226.jpg?v=1709739510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conan-doyle-and-the-mysterious-matt-wingett-9780957241350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}