Description: THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS CASE OFCHARLES ALTAMONT DOYLE Charles Altamont Doyle (25 March 1832 – 10 October 1893) was an illustrator, watercolourist and civil servant. A member of an artistic family, he is remembered today primarily for being the father of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. His son, Arthur Conan Doyle, remembered him with affection, describing him in his autobiography as "...full of the tragedy of unfulfilled powers and of underdeveloped gifts. He had his weaknesses, as all of us have ours, but he had also some very remarkable and outstanding virtues". In the Sherlock Holmes story "His Last Bow", from 1917 Holmes uses the name Altamont as an alias. In 1924 he mounted an exhibition of his father's works at the Brook Galleries in London, where they were praised by George Bernard Shaw. The Doyle Diary, containing a facsimile of works from a sketchbook he created from March to July 1889 while at Montrose, was published in 1978, bringing his work to wider attention and appreciation.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Topic: Mystery, Thriller
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: UK
Publisher: Paddington Press
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Modified Item: No
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1978
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Character Family: Sherlock Holmes
