{"product_id":"9780712354257","title":"Playing With Fire","description":"Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780712354257\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: British Library Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 04 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTales of weird and supernatural suspense from Arthur Conan Doyle, the author best known for the creation of the illustrious detective Sherlock Holmes. The next addition to the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHardback Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e series, with previous titles collecting the works of Sheridan le Fanu, Margaret Oliphant and M.R. James.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe luminous fog drifted slowly off the table and wavered and flickered across the room. There in the farther and darkest corner it gathered and glowed, hardening down into a shining core...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough best known for the stories of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a remarkable number of weird and supernatural tales. Pulling at this thread of his fiction reveals a writer deeply fascinated in matters of the occult, the uncanny and the unexplainable, with his belief in spiritualism later in life only adding to his passion for the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects Doyle's most enduring strange stories  ranging from monster encounters and deadly hauntings to dark tales of mesmerism  and also includes a new introduction along with Doyle's never-before-reprinted essay on his own spiritual experiences, \u0026amp;#x27;Stranger than Fiction\u0026amp;#x27;.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46804277821598,"sku":"ADS-9780712354257","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780712354257.jpg?v=1778207297","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780712354257","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}