The Man Who Would Be Sherlock

The Real-Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle

By: Christopher Sandford

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

In The Man Who Would Be Sherlock, a world-famous biographer reveals the strange relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's real life and that of Sherlock Holmes.

Though best known for the fictional cases of his creation Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle was involved in dozens of real life cases, solving many and zealously campaigning for justice in all. Stanford thoroughly and convincingly makes the case that the details of the many events Doyle was involved in, and caricatures of those involved, would provide Conan Doyle the fodder for many of the adventures of the violin-playing detective.

There can be few (if any) literary creations who have found such a consistent yet evolving independent life as Holmes. He is a paradigm that can be endlessly changed yet always maintains an underlying consistent identity, both drug addict and perfect example of the analytic mind, and as Christopher Sandford demonstrates so clearly, in many of these respects, he mirrors his creator.

©2017 Christopher Sandford (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

An Excellent Conan Doyle Biography

This is an extremely well written and fascinating biography of Arthur Conan Doyle which does a creditable job of drawing parallels between Doyle and his well loved detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle lived an interesting life and took a passionate interest in the plight of those he believed were wrongly accused to the mysteries of the paranormal. He was an interesting guy and Sandford expertly captures the man with all his quirks as well as his brilliance.
Even if you're not a Holmes fan, this one's worth a listen.