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Lucy Worsley's Holmes Vs. Doyle

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Shadows and Sleuths

Season 1 Episode 3

How would Arthur Conan Doyle’s new spiritualist beliefs change his famous detective Sherlock Holmes?

After Sherlock’s return from the dead, Arthur Conan Doyle became an evangelist for spiritualism. His star declined after a public spat, whereas Sherlock Holmes found a life beyond his author on stage and screen.

AIR DATE 12/22/24

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    • 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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