James Purdon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3448047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Purdon |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Purdon |
| SIGNATURE | PURDON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3553-2149 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
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of Oxford's Gryphon Club in 1911, the young don Ronald Knox -later Monsignor Knox, priest and detective novelist -set out to explain away some of the notorious inconsistencies and implausibilities that dog the most famous stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The difficulties were as stark as those in any case investigated by Holmes himself. How can the consulting detective speak, in "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual", of his "last years" at Univers…
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