Sherlock Holmes Adventures

Bibliography and suggestions for further research
Discovering Sherlock Holmes, 2007

Bibliography (2006)


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About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

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Polidoro, Massimo. Final Séance: The Strange Friendship between Houdini and Conan Doyle. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2001.

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