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In October 1916, Conan Doyle announced in the journal light his conversion to spiritualism. During the last years of his life, he became the crusader of this movement that preaches salvation of humanity through science. Thus, from 1920 to 1923, he gave a series of lectures about spiritualism in Australia, in USA, and in Canada. He published his autobiography, Memories and Adventures in 1924 and opened a bookstore dedicated to spiritualism, The Psychic Bookshop in London, where he handled the editing of his own works.

A Conan Doyle brings the skills of thorough analysis in his documenting of the atrocities occurring in the Congo Free State (an area now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, the area south of the Congo River basin) following the European Berlin Conference 1884-85. Witness testimonies (chapter 8 and 9 in particular) and reportage is explicit in recounting the killing and torture of indigenous inhabitants , first sanctioned under King Leopold II’s private rule (1885- 1908) and (Doyle evidences) with limited change in structures/systems under the Belgian state’s early rule once it had ...

In October 1916, Conan Doyle announced in the journal light his conversion to spiritualism. During the last years of his life, he became the crusader of this movement that preaches salvation of humanity through science. Thus, from 1920 to 1923, he gave a series of lectures about spiritualism in Australia, in USA, and in Canada. He published his autobiography, Memories and Adventures, in 1924 and opened a bookstore dedicated to spiritualism, The Psychic Bookshop in London, where he handled the editing of his own works.

This exciting story is the first of the Sherlock Holmes detective novels and stories and the beginning of the famed duo with Dr. Watson who faithfully chronicles each episode. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."

After enduring a series of heartbreaking losses in his family, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sought solace in spiritualism, hoping to uncover proof of an afterlife. His openness to the mystical led him to believe in the existence of spirits and supernatural beings, including fairies. This conviction intensified when he encountered the controversial photographs taken by the Cottingley girls, which he championed as evidence of these ethereal entities. In this fascinating exploration, Doyle presents his perspective on the phenomenon, despite the eventual revelation that the photographs were a clever ...

Austin Gilroy is a physiologist who prides himself on his skepticism towards the occult. However, his friend Professor Wilson, a firm believer in psychical powers, is determined to change his mind. Inviting Austin to his home for a demonstration, Wilson introduces him to the enigmatic Miss Penclosa, a psychic who challenges everything Austin thought he knew. As the demonstration unfolds, Austin finds himself grappling with unsettling doubts about reality‚especially when Miss Penclosas influence pushes him to the brink of harming his fiance. The experience leaves Austin questioning not only ...