Conan Doyle: His Life and Art

by Hesketh Pearson

Book by Pearson, Hesketh

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1977

About the author

Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson was an English actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his biographies; they made him the leading British biographer of his time, in terms of commercial success.

Reviews

[Michael Perkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I do not think that life has any joy to offer so complete, so soul-filling as that which comes upon the imaginative lad, whose spare time is limited, but who is able to snuggle down into a corner with his book, knowing that the next hour is all his own. And how vivid and fresh it all is!” (Conan Doyle)

=============

Why Did So Many Victorians Try to Speak with the Dead?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

[Alexandra Bazhenova-Sorokina]

Old and old fashioned biography which I enjoyed immensely. I love to see an author love and hate the subject of their work in the most honest way possible.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book, it describes in a contemporary way what life was like 100 years ago. People traveled internationally, traded houses, were famous, and thought of themselves on the cutting edge of technology just as we do.

[David Tutt · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting account of the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It takes us from his childhood, through his time as a doctor and writer to his death. My favourite chapter is about Doctor Budd.

[Catherine Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really well written life of Conan Doyle . Short but to the point, and the author consulted both friends and family of Conan Doyle so it feels authentic.

[Stanley Goldyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet another of the many biographies of the famous inventor of Sherlock Holmes. My shelves contain at least six others.
What makes this version singular is that Hesketh Pearson lived in Doyle's England, and had it published just 13 years after 1930, after Arthur Conan Doyle's death.
It is a light read, illuminating, and captures the indelible mark that ACD stamped on a world at the height of the mighty British Empire, and well into his own lifetime.

[Emilie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh.