{"product_id":"9781843916239","title":"On the Unexplained","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brand new selection of Arthur Conan Doyle's writings on all things supernatural, taken from \u003ci\u003eEdge of the Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn account of séances, automatic writing, trips to haunted country houses, and in-depth philosophical analysis of the thinking behind the supernatural, this book is a must-have for the Conan Doyle enthusiast or the intrigued reader alike. Best known for the creation of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle had many more strings to his bow. He was a political campaigner; he believed in the existence of fairies; and he played amateur sleuth, taking up closed cases to prove miscarriage of justice. Perhaps most intriguing of all though was the fact that, following the deaths of a number of his family, Conan Doyle began to take an interest in what was then termed \"spiritualism\" (trying to prove the existence of life beyond the grave), he became a member of the paranormal association The Ghost Sense Club, and he also joined the British Society of Psychical Research. Conan Doyle's famous spat with Houdini is represented here with a chapter eulogizing Houdini, apparently still not quite willing to let go the suspicion that the magician was blessed with special powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hesperus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042888335600,"sku":"9781843916239","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781843916239_p0.jpg?v=1763742548","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781843916239","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}