Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle

Lucy Worsley explores why Arthur Conan Doyle came to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.

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    Fact and Fiction

    Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story?
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    Doctor and Detective

    Why did Arthur Conan Doyle come to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes?

About Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world. He made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous. But the writer came to hate his fictional character. Through the changing world of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, Lucy Worsley explores why.

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