tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879565523389956615.post3308244391659473459..comments2023-09-07T01:40:38.078-07:00Comments on See Lizzie Read: Out of the Shadows: The Untold Story of Arthur Conan Doyle's First Family by Georgina DoyleLizzie Gaskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03137766283989065159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879565523389956615.post-67790043519818449332016-03-02T15:09:47.613-08:002016-03-02T15:09:47.613-08:00I found this book to be phenomenally partisan, the...I found this book to be phenomenally partisan, the author clearly had it in big-time for Jean Leckie and her children and relied mostly on one source beyond Mary's letters, her late husband who was only a teenager when ACD died and never knew his first wife at all. Some of the speculation about people's motives and characters is unjustified unless the primary motive is getting people to take the side you want them to take.<br /><br />When I got to the "Louise was beautiful... but Jean just wasn't" statements it killed it for me. We do have photographs. Louise was obviously a lovely person (and Mary comes across likewise) but this sort of statement stretches credulity beyond what it can bear. It's not even necessary.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com