A Study In Southsea : The Unrevealed Life of Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle The Creator of Sherlock Holmes [CD-ROM]

Geoffrey Stavert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 1999

A fully detailed account of the life of Dr Arthur Conan Doyle as a resident of Southsea, from his arrival by sea from Plymouth on June 24th 1882 to his departure for pastures new in the last weeks of December 1890. It tells of his success as a doctor, of his friends & neighbours, some of whose names are still familiar in Portsmouth today. How he managed to run his practice, write two novels, a medical research thesis and a score of short stories, play cricket, football & bowles, persue his hobby of photography, act as Secretary of the Literary Society & get married all in one year.

It includes a story of his creation of the most famous detective partnership of all time Sherlock Homes and Dr Watson.

Here also are the authentic dates of the formation of Portsmouth Cricket Club and Portsmouth Football Club plus the secret of their mysterious goalkeeper, A.C. Smith.

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 190 pages
• Publisher: Realvision Imaging Solutions Ltd; Facsimile of 1987 ed edition (November 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903129028
• ISBN-13: 978-1903129029
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,830,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this CD, March 8, 2001

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This review is from: A Study In Southsea : The Unrevealed Life of Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle The Creator of Sherlock Holmes (CD-ROM)

Opens in a viewable size only in Internet Explorer (not Netscape). Each page is a jpeg, so no searching capability exists. Jpegs are not even level. Must have been processed on a 24 inch monitor, because no page is completely viewable on my 17 inch monitor even when set at 1024 x 768. Completely unviewable in Netscape. Jpegs are smaller than a postage stamp. Each time I try some command to use the "document", the gaudy company logo ROTATES! There is no way any human should be expected to read a book in this format. The CD case broke the first time I opened it. This is one of the worst products I have ever purchased. I gave it one star only because I didn't have the option of giving it zero. In summary, I was not pleased.