Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Renowned mystery author Arthur Conan Doyle and famous illusionist Harry Houdini first met in 1920, during the magician's tour of England. At the time, Conan Doyle had given up his lucrative writing career, killing off Sherlock Holmes in the process, in order to concentrate on his increasingly manic interest in Spiritualism. Houdini, who regularly conducted seances in an attempt to reach his late mother, was also infatuated with the idea of what he...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request