Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Legacy: the Artists Behind the Legends
English - September 22, 2017 04:00 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MB - ★★★★ - 118 ratingsBooks Arts Education comedy politics business news health entrepreneurship interview culture books leadership Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer best known for his detective fiction and the creation of the character Sherlock Holmes, a character who unless you have been living under a rock, still dominates popular culture today. Sir Arthur was a Victorian to the bone, and cherished the ideals of duty, chivalry, honor, and respectability far above any others. Though Doyle was originally a physician, his lack of patients and love of stories catapulted him into the realm of writing, launching a prolific career with works of fantasy and science fiction, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and history. Sir Arthur was additionally a very gifted public speaker, and he used his talents later in life to discuss and investigate the world of spiritualism, and yes, by spiritualism I do mean the supernatural phenomena. If you are as confused by this as I am, don’t worry, we’ll get there as we get deeper into the podcast. He was also a badass cricket player, one of the first motorists in England, and following in the footsteps of his own Sherlock Holmes, actually solved a few mysteries of his own! All this and so much more to come for this week’s episode, so let’s get things rolling and learn a little bit more about the amazing life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.