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Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Indian Lawyer
July 16, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Indian Lawyer
A talk in the “What’s Online” series from the National Archives
on Friday the 16th July, at 2.00pm
About this event
When George Edalji, a young Indian lawyer, is convicted of mutilating horses in a Staffordshire mining village in 1903, he appeals to Arthur Conan Doyle to clear his name. The creator of Sherlock Holmes, accepts the request and proceeds to investigate the case. Using letters, police records and Home Office files, author Shrabani Basu follows the trail of Arthur Conan Doyle as he wears the hat of Sherlock Holmes and uncovers the dark secrets lying in the English countryside. It is the only case that Conan Doyle investigates personally.
About the speaker:
Shrabani Basu is a journalist and Sunday Times best-selling author. Her books include the critically acclaimed The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer(2021) , For King and Another Country (2015), Victoria & Abdul (2010, now a major Oscar-nominated motion picture)and Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan(2006). Shrabani is a frequent commentator on Indian history and Empire.
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