Editing Adrian Conan Doyle (section)

==Works about his father==
Sir Arthur's widow, Jean, chose a spiritualist, the Rev. John Lamond, to write an authorised biography, ''Arthur Conan Doyle: A Memoir'' (John Murray, 1931). The memoir, which emphasised his [[paranormal]] interests, was not what readers wanted, so after their mother's death, Adrian and Denis grudgingly allowed Hesketh Pearson to write ''Conan Doyle: His Life and Art'' (Methuen, 1943). However, Pearson's book offended Adrian and Denis by saying that the secret of their father's success was that he was the "common man". Adrian threatened criminal proceedings against Pearson's "fakeography", wrote an article in protest, and later, a book: ''The True Conan Doyle'' (John Murray, 1945). 
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According to Lycett, "When the BBC commissioned an anniversary talk from Hesketh Pearson, Adrian announced that if it went ahead it would never broadcast another Sherlock Holmes story. The Corporation caved in."<ref>Lycett, pp. 464–66.</ref><!-- check pp 464-66 for all points. -->