The Revenant of Thraxton Hall: The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (38 page)

Founded in 1882, The Society for Psychical Research boasted many prominent Victorian scientists and philosophers among its members and thrives to this day (
http://www.spr.ac.uk/
).

Some characters in this novel (such as Madame Zhozhovsky) are composites of actual historical figures. I must also point out that Sir William Crookes was one of the most brilliant scientists of his day and may or may not have had a penchant for top-drawer scotch. Lastly, although he was reputedly an excellent swimmer, Frank Podmore really did die from drowning as Madame Zhozhovksy foretold.

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Thank you for purchasing this book. Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde will return for the second book in the series,
The Dead Assassin
.

More information about this and other works can be found on the author’s Web site:
www.vaughnentwistle.com
.

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AUGHN
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NTWISTLE

Angel of Highgate

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

V
AUGHN
E
NTWISTLE
grew up in Northern England. He completed a master’s degree at Oakland University, and in the early nineties moved to Seattle to work as a writer. In his spare time he ran a successful gargoyle-sculpting company. He often writes with one cat on his lap, a Brittany lying across his feet, and one or more cats sauntering across the keyboard. He recently moved back to England, where he lives in North Somerest.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE REVENANT OF THRAXTON HALL.
Copyright © 2014 by Vaughn Entwistle. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover photographs: house © Robin Vandenabeele/Arcangel Images; men © Lee Avison/Trevillion Images

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Entwistle, Vaughn.

    The Revenant of Thraxton Hall: the Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / Vaughn Entwistle. — 1st ed.

            pages cm

    ISBN 978-1-250-03500-4 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-250-03501-1 (e-book)

  1.  Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859–1930—Fiction.   2.  London (England)—Fiction.   3.  Mystery fiction.   I.  Title.

    PR6105.N89R48 2014

    823'.92—dc23

2013032875

e-ISBN 9781250035011

First Edition: March 2014