Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Further Letters of Joanna Baillie Further Letters of Joanna Baillie Joanna Baillie Scottish playwright and poet Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) is a key literary figure of the British Romantic-era. Scholars have argued for her importance as a forceful and original playwright, a major po… OL15531429W
Boswell's enlightenment Boswell's enlightenment Robert Zaretsky "In 1763, the young James Boswell left Great Britain for a 'Grand Tour' of the Continent. The tour was a tradition among British and Scottish youths; by visiting the great historical sites, especiall… OL19996801W
Captivated Captivated Piers Dudgeon "Captivated is a true story of genius and possession at a crossroads in time, when the late nineteenth-century world of the occult and the psychic arts gave way to the new science of psychology." "Th… OL21412733W
Louis Louis Callow, Philip. "There are many Stevensons behind the initials RLS, but the one that has endeared him to so many readers for so long is surely the fighter, battling to stay alive. Jorge Luis Borges described Stevens… OL2743122W
The Real World of Sherlock Holmes The Real World of Sherlock Holmes Peter Costello This book details how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the doctor, became a detective writer. It draws on his education by Dr. Joseph Bell in Edinburgh University on how to observe and reason on even the smal… OL2782514W
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Andrew Lycett Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognized the world over, for decades the man himself has been overshadowed by his better understood creation, Sherlock Holmes, who has become one of literatu… OL2985017W