Professor Dr Bernd Stiegler is Professor of Literature at the University of Konsantz (Germany). Together with numerous books and articles in German, he is the author of Traveling in Place: A History of Armchair Travel, published by University of Chicago Press, 2013.

• 1. Forays into the Wilderness: Conan Doyle as Amateur Photographer2. Sherlock Holmes: The Detective as Camera Digression: The Sherlock Holmes Exhibit, 19513. Photographs from the Heart of Darkness: The Congo Atrocities4. A Fairytale of Science: The Lost WorldDigression: Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini5. Photos from the Shadowy Realm: Photography and Spiritualism6. Fairies and Gnomes: A Photographic Re-enchantment of the WorldEpilogue: Strategic RealismNotesList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIndex of Names

In this fascinating new book Bernd Stiegler gathers a wealth of material to paint the portrait of Conan Doyle as a writer and doctor, a spiritualist and political activist. His study tells a gripping story; it explores the links between science and superstition, between colonialism and collective identity, loss and mourning in ways which deeply resonate with our current concerns.