{"product_id":"southsea-stories-and-beyond-matthew-wingett-9781913001049","title":"Southsea Stories and Beyond - Hardback Edition: The Complete Uncollected Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouthsea Stories and Beyond, the Complete Uncollected Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Note: The MUCH RARER AND COLLECTIBLE BLUE VERSION of this book in hardback is ONLY available at a special price of  25 post-free in the UK from the publisher at www.lifeisamazing.co.uk. Amazon is unable to provide this rare blue edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile working as a GP in Portsmouth's seaside resort of Southsea between 1882 and 1890, young Arthur Conan Doyle produced short stories and novels at an astonishing rate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of his anonymously-published tales were forgotten, only to be rediscovered around a century later in 1983. They are included here, along with more recent discoveries collected in book form for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConan Doyle wrote comedies, tragedies, horror, supernatural and earthbound mysteries, unlikely adventures from the outposts of Empire and much more besides. All became part of his story-telling palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages you will meet a military medic, a super-shrewd observer of people, a terrified occupant of a lonely country house, a diamond thief, a masked visitor and many other characters imagined by Conan Doyle as he inched ever-closer to his greatest creation: Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many associate Holmes with London, this book reveals how the detective was initially conceived in Southsea - and why Portsmouth will forever be \"Sherlock's home\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Wingett, Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrew Lycett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913001040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913001049\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 11\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Matt Wingett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075764023551,"sku":"9781913001049","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a770451-accc-4cf8-b5d4-41ae96df64eb.jpg?v=1685461300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/southsea-stories-and-beyond-matthew-wingett-9781913001049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}