The Coming of the Fairies
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories but also a devout spiritualist, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs apparently showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. To demonstrate his unshakeable belief in the spirit world, he published The Coming of the Fairies in 1922. Doyle's book lays out the story of the photographs, their supposed provenance, and the implications of their existence.Featuring an original extract from a 1920 article from The Liverpool Echo about Doyle and the fairy photographs, this quirky and fascinating b…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4463-5838-2
- EAN: 9781446358382
- Produktnummer: 21578433
- Verlag: David and Charles
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'300 KB
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British novelist and historian best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. His later decades were taken up with his advocacy of the new religion of Spiritualism, in which he was a devoted believer. He also wrote historical novels, including The White Company, which he considered his favorite.
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