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    The Case of Oscar Slater
    The Case of Oscar Slater
    The Case of Oscar Slater
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    The Case of Oscar Slater

    By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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    Wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death, he was freed after almost two decades of hard labour at Scotland's HM Prison Peterheadthrough the efforts of multiple journalists, lawyers, and writers, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who published this book to request a pardon for Slater.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 9, 2021
    ISBN4066338078124
    The Case of Oscar Slater
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    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most famous for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

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