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Micah Clarke
by Arthur Conan DoyleMicah Clarke is a historical adventure novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1889 and set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 in England. The book is a bildungsroman whose protagonist, Micah Clarke, begins as a boy seeking adventure in a rather romantic and naive way, falls under the influence of an older and vastly experienced..
The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales is a volume collecting 10 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published by Longmans, Green & Co. on 6 march 1890. This morning I saw a star twinkling just over the fore-yard, the first since the beginning of May. There is considerable discontent among the crew, many of whom are anxious to ge..
The Parasite - A Story
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Parasite is an 1894 novelette by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The main character is a young man known as Austin Gilroy. He studies physiology and knows a professor who is studying the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. She is a friend of the Professor's wife. ..
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Wanderings of a Spiritualist is an essay written by Arthur Conan Doyle first serialized in the Weekly Dispatch from 29 may to 10 july 1921 and published as a book on 2 september 1921 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd...
The Crime of the Congo
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Crime of the Congo is a 1909 book by British writer and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, about human rights abuses in the Congo Free State, a private state established and controlled by the King of the Belgians, Leopold II. The book was intended as an expos? of the situation in the so-called Congo Free State (labelled a "rubber regime" by Cona..
The Refugees
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Refugees (1893) is a historical novel by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit France. Major themes include Louis XIV's marriage to Madame de Maintenon, retirement from court of Madame de Montespan, the revoking of the Edict o..
Round the Red Lamp - Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
by Arthur Conan DoyleRound the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life is a collection of medical and detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle published on 23 October 1894. The series was suggested to the author by Jerome K. Jerome then editor of The Idler. I quite recognise the force of your objection that an invalid or a woman in weak health would get no goo..
The German War
by Arthur Conan DoyleThese essays, upon different phases of the wonderful world-drama which has made our lifetime memorable, would be unworthy of republication were it not that at such a time every smallest thing which may help to clear up a doubt, to elucidate the justice of our cause, or to accentuate the desperate need of national effort, should be thrown into the s..