Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Writer's Vanishing Treasures
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SCOTLAND'S foremost expert on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has launched a last-minute campaign to ensure that recently-discovered papers by the Sherlock Holmes author, which are due to be auctioned by Christie's, are saved for the British nation.
Owen Dudley Edwards, a historian at Edinburgh University and editor of The Oxford Sherlock Holmes, is calling on the government to step in to ensure that a key part of the Edinburgh-born author's legacy is saved for researchers and the public.See the full content of this document
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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Writer's Vanishing Treasures
"When this sale was announced there was tremendous surprise and anger," he said. "I am thinking about posterity - for the next 100 to 200 years."
The Edinburgh South MP,...See the full content of this document
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