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A review by ljackman
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer by Margalit Fox
3.0
3.5 stars.
The incarceration of an innocent man because he was a Jew and a foreigner in Scotland for a murder he did not commit -- and imprisoned for 18 years! -- not the best light for the Scottish police and judicial system back in the days of Sherlock Holmes.
I liked how the narrative interspersed facts about Conan Doyle and the creation and impact of his fictional detective between the facts of Oscar Slater's trial and imprisonment.
The incarceration of an innocent man because he was a Jew and a foreigner in Scotland for a murder he did not commit -- and imprisoned for 18 years! -- not the best light for the Scottish police and judicial system back in the days of Sherlock Holmes.
I liked how the narrative interspersed facts about Conan Doyle and the creation and impact of his fictional detective between the facts of Oscar Slater's trial and imprisonment.