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Historian Lucy Worsley delves into the extraordinary love-hate relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous creation: Sherlock Holmes. In this series, Worsley investigates how Doyle's early experiences contributed to the invention of Holmes, only for the author to kill off his "monster" six years later. However, the fictional detective's popularity proved irrepressible, forcing Doyle to resurrect his creation. As Holm