Complete 7 History Adventure Anthologies of Arthur Conan DoyleThe Great Shadow Micah Clarke The Refugees Rodney Stone Sir Nigel Uncle Bernac The White Company By Arthur Conan Doyle
Complete 7 History Adventure Anthologies of Arthur Conan DoyleThe Great Shadow Micah Clarke The Refugees Rodney Stone Sir Nigel Uncle Bernac The White Company By Arthur Conan Doyle Kindle Edition Fiction Complete 7 History Adventure Anthologies of Arthur Conan DoyleThe Great Shadow Micah Clarke The Refugees Rodney Stone Sir Nigel Uncle Bernac The White Company Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non fiction. Table of Contents The Great Shadow 1892 Micah Clarke 1889 The Refugees 1893 Rodney Stone 1896 Sir Nigel 1906 Uncle Bernac 1897 The White Company 1891 The White Company 1891 An historical adventure set during the Hundred Years War. Sir Nigel 1906 A historical romance and tale of adventure, set in England during the fourteenth century. Descendent of a noble family, Nigel Loring is the last of his race, and living alone with his aged grand mother, upon a small remnant of their great estate. Uncle Bernac 1897 Simple, clear, and well defined. Spirited in movement all the way through. A fine example of clear analytical force. Boston Herald. Rodney Stone 1896 Dr. Doyles novel is crowded with an amazing amount of incident and excitement. He does not write history, but shows us the human side of his great men, living and moving in an atmosphere charged with the spirit of the hard living, hard fighting Anglo Saxon. New York Critic. The Refugees 1893 Set at the end of the seventeenth century in Paris and the New World. Micah Clarke 1889 It is said to be a regret of the gifted author that the success of his ingenious Sherlock Holmes stories has obscured his thoughtful work. This regret must be shared by the reader. Pleasing though Doyles detective stories are, they do not compare in sustained interest and dramatic power with these two splendid novels of English History. In them are heroic characters, stirring incidents, and the expression of high ideals.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction and for the adventures of Professor Challenger He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories historical novels plays and romances poetry and non fiction Table of Contents The Great Shadow 1892 Micah Clarke 1889 The Refugees 1893 Rodney Stone 1896 Sir Nigel 1906 Uncle Bernac 1897 The White Company 1891 The White Company 1891 An historical adventure set during the Hundred Years War Sir Nigel 1906 A historical romance and tale of adventure set in England during the fourteenth century Descendent of a noble family Nigel Loring is the last of his race and living alone with his aged grand mother upon a small remnant of their great estate Uncle Bernac 1897 Simple clear and well defined Spirited in movement all the way through A fine example of clear analytical force Boston Herald Rodney Stone 1896 Dr Doyle s novel is crowded with an amazing amount of incident and excitement He does not write history but shows us the human side of his great men living and moving in an atmosphere charged with the spirit of the hard living hard fighting Anglo Saxon New York Critic The Refugees 1893 Set at the end of the seventeenth century in Paris and the New World Micah Clarke 1889 It is said to be a regret of the gifted author that the success of his ingenious Sherlock Holmes stories has obscured his thoughtful work This regret must be shared by the reader Pleasing though Doyle s detective stories are they do not compare in sustained interest and dramatic power with these two splendid novels of English History In them are heroic characters stirring incidents and the expression of high ideals Complete 7 History Adventure Anthologies of Arthur Conan DoyleThe Great Shadow Micah Clarke The Refugees Rodney Stone Sir Nigel Uncle Bernac The White Company
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh Scotland His father site_link Charles Altamont Doyle a talented illustrator was born in England of Irish descent and his mother born Mary Foley was Irish They were married in 1855. Although he is now referred to as Conan Doyle the origin of this compound surname if that is how he meant it to be understood is uncertain His baptism record in the registry of St Marys Cathedral in Edinburgh gives Arthur Ignatius Conan as his Christian name and simply Doyle as his surname It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. At the age of nine Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school Hodder Place Stonyhurst He then went Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh Scotland His father site_link Charles Altamont Doyle a talented illustrator was born in England of Irish descent and his mother born Mary Foley was Irish They were married in 1855. Although he is now referred to as Conan Doyle the origin of this compound surname if that is how he meant it to be understood is uncertain His baptism record in the registry of St Mary s Cathedral in Edinburgh gives Arthur Ignatius Conan as his Christian name and simply Doyle as his surname It also names Michael Conan as his godfather. From 1876 to 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh This required that he provide periodic medical assistance in the towns of Aston now a district of Birmingham and Sheffield While studying Conan Doyle began writing short stories His first published story appeared in Chambers s Edinburgh Journal before he was 20 Following his graduation he was employed as a ship s doctor on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast He completed his doctorate on the subject of tabes dorsalis in 1885. In 1885 Conan Doyle married Louisa or Louise Hawkins known as Touie She suffered from tuberculosis and died on 4 July 1906 The following year he married Jean Elizabeth Leckie whom he had first met and fallen in love with in 1897 Due to his sense of loyalty he had maintained a purely platonic relationship with Jean while his first wife was alive Jean died in London on 27 June 1940. Conan Doyle fathered five children Two with his first wife Mary Louise 28 January 1889 12 June 1976 and Arthur Alleyne Kingsley known as Kingsley 15 November 1892 28 October 1918 With his second wife he had three children Denis Percy Stewart 17 March 1909 9 March 1955 second husband in 1936 of Georgian Princess Nina Mdivani circa 1910 19 February 1987 former sister in law of Barbara Hutton Adrian Malcolm 19 November 1910 3 June 1970 and Jean Lena Annette 21 December 1912 18 November 1997. Conan Doyle was found clutching his chest in the hall of Windlesham his house in Crowborough East Sussex on 7 July 1930 He had died of a heart attack at age 71 His last words were directed toward his wife You are wonderful The epitaph on his gravestone in the churchyard at Minstead in the New Forest Hampshire reads STEEL TRUEBLADE STRAIGHTARTHUR CONAN DOYLEKNIGHTPATRIOT PHYSICIAN MAN OF LETTERSConan Doyle s house Undershaw located in Hindhead south of London where he had lived for a decade had been a hotel and restaurant between 1924 and 2004 It now stands empty while conservationists and Conan Doyle fans fight to preserve it. A statue honours Conan Doyle at Crowborough Cross in Crowborough where Conan Doyle lived for 23 years There is also a statue of Sherlock Holmes in Picardy Place Edinburgh close to the house where Conan Doyle was born: At the age of nine Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school Hodder Place Stonyhurst He then went on to Stonyhurst College leaving in 1875.Series site_link Sherlock Holmes site_link.