A biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes shows how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, beginning as a small-town doctor, became a friend to the famous, a celebrated writer, and a psychic investigator.
Hunter Davies has set off on an adventure to search out the man and his motivation, following him in the past and in the present, visiting his birthplace in Edinburgh, France, California and his final home in the Pacific.
After his unfortunate clothing story, the Emperor's elderly reporter is ordered to write fairy tales, and with the help of a reluctant streetwise girl, comes up with a whole new...
Vaak verrassende portretten van de klassieke (westerse) sprookjesschrijvers.
The Tale of the Teller of Tales is a novel of high adventure, low comedy, and disturbing metaphysical insights.
Both stories in this book are set in East Tennessee in the mid-eighteenth century and share certain characters.
But over the years, as Tapan gets to know Arunava better, he starts discovering disturbing holes in these tales.
In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.
Just do 4 hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand.
Innkeeper’s daughters Adele and Eleda are “mirror twins”—identical twins whose looks are reflections of each other’s—and their special talents are like mirrors, too.
Nicanor Teller of Tales: A Story of Roman Britain