Arthur Conan Doyle had a longstanding interest in mystical subjects and remained fascinated by the paranormal. At the height of the Great War a change came over his beliefs. The deaths he saw around him made him rationalize that spiritualism was a "New Revelation" sent by God to bring solace to the bereaved. Doyle found solace supporting spiritualism and its attempts to find proof of existence beyond the grave. He wrote many books and papers on the subject:
The New Revelation
The Vital Message
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
The Coming of the Fairies
The History of Spiritualism
Pheneas Speaks
The Spiritualist's Reader
The Edge of the Unknown
Stranger Than Fiction
Fairies Photographed
The Mediumship of Florence Cook
The Houdini Enigma
The Uncharted Coast
The Law of the Ghost
A New Light on Old Crimes
The Shadows on the Screen
An Old Story Retold
The Absolute Proof
A Worker of Wonders
Memories and Adventures: An Autobiography
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle is also known for writing the fictional adventures of Professor Challenger and for propagating the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.
