Stefan Bechtel’s new book inspects the Conan Doyle conundrum


Stefan Bechtel’s Through a Glass, Darkly chronicles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s real-life pursuit of spiritualism, an early 20th century movement that promoted contact with the afterlife. Photo courtesy of the subject

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