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Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle

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After Sherlockโ€™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.

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