Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Real Sherlock Holmes (DVD)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Real Sherlock Holmes, is an interesting look at the life of Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who gave us arguably the greatest fictional detective ever. (There are some reasons for opting for GK Chesterton's Father Brown for this accolade, but I'll leave it as it stands, with Sherlock Holmes in this pole position.) The video is well made and is quite clearly a labour of love by the director and producer, It is a well-realised ...
...effectively with the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, from the early start of his life which, due to the lack of achievement of his father and his slide into alcoholism and eventual dementia, as a result, meant that the family had it much harder than one might otherwise have expected. Eventually Arthur (with the help of wealthy relations) was sent to a rather bleak minor public school in northern England. He then returned to his native Scotland to ...

Martinscholes 30.10.2005 · Read full review
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