{"product_id":"playing-with-fire-the-weird-tales-of-arthur-conan-doyle-hardcover","title":"Playing with Fire: The Weird Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Ashley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eArthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTales of weird and supernatural suspense from Arthur Conan Doyle, the author best known for the creation of the illustrious detective Sherlock Holmes. The next addition to the Hardback Classics series, with previous titles collecting the works of Sheridan le Fanu, Margaret Oliphant and M.R. James.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe luminous fog drifted slowly off the table and wavered and flickered across the room. There in the farther and darkest corner it gathered and glowed, hardening down into a shining core...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although best known for the stories of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a remarkable number of weird and supernatural tales. Pulling at this thread of his fiction reveals a writer deeply fascinated in matters of the occult, the uncanny and the unexplainable, with his belief in spiritualism later in life only adding to his passion for the unknown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume collects Doyle's most enduring strange stories - ranging from monster encounters and deadly hauntings to dark tales of mesmerism - and also includes a new introduction along with Doyle's never-before-reprinted essay on his own spiritual experiences, \"Stranger than Fiction.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Ashley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author and editor of more than one hundred books and one of the foremost historians of popular fiction with a specialism for rooting out rare short stories. His Tales of the Weird anthologies include \u003ci\u003eGlimpses of the Unknown: Lost Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (1859-1930) was a British writer, physician and spiritualist, world famous today as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Along with detective stories, he wrote numerous tales of historical events and fictional expeditions such as the influential novel of prehistoric discovery\u003ci\u003e The Lost World.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.35 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766245589280,"sku":"9780712354257","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1030590d015a781f14026b3e022136fe.webp?v=1780288089","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/playing-with-fire-the-weird-tales-of-arthur-conan-doyle-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}