The versatility of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle can be felt in the pages of this book that comprises stories penned by the creator of Holmes and Challenger some of which equals if not surpasses his more popular titles. Categorised as the following the stories are a treasure trove of adventure, fun, terror, history and much more:
- Tales
of the Ring
- The
Croxley Master
- The
Lord of Falconbridge
- The
Fall of Lord Barrymore
- The
Crime of the Brigadier
- The
King of the Foxes
- The
Bully of Brocas Court
- Tales
of Pirates
- Captain
Sharkey: How the Governor of Saint Kitt's came Home
- The
Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
- The
Blighting of Sharkey
- How
Copley Banks slew Captain Sharkey
- The “Slapping
Sal”
- A
Pirate of the land (One Crowded Hour)
- Tales
of Blue Water
- The Striped
Chest
- The Captain
of the “Polestar”
- The
Fiend of the Cooperage
- Jelland’s
Voyage
- J.
Habakuk Jephson’s Statement
- Tales
of Terror
- Horror
of the Heights
- The
Leather Funnel
- The
New Catacomb
- The
Case of lady Shannox
- The
Terror of Blue John Gap
- The
Brazilian Cat
- Tales
of Twilight and the Unseen
- The Brown
Hand
- The usher
of Lea House School
- B.24
- The Great
Keinplatz Experiment
- A literary
Mosaic
- Playing with
Fire
- The Ring
of Thoth
- The Los
Amigos Fiasco
- How It
Happened
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249
- “De
Profundis”
- The Lift
- Tales
of Long Ago
- The Last
of the Legions
- The Last
Galley
- Through
the Veils
- The coming
of the Huns
- The
Contest
- The First
Cargo
- An
Iconoclast
- Giant Maximin
- The Red
Star
- The Silver
Mirror
- The Home-Coming
- A Point of Contact
The author's fascination for the pugilists and their game and his inclination towards the paranormals are expressed in the volumes in some of the most fantastic stories of the genre that sometimes mixes both with an unique blend. But this does not prevent him to tell science fictions with the similar classic touch. Again, devoid of paranormals, some of the tales of terror are so chilling that it will match a horror story based on the supernaturals. But his mastery seemed at its supreme with the anecdotes of historical fictions that depicts the cruel yet brave world of a time long ago when the earth was defined by the adventures of her heroins and heroes. The cruelty of Captain Sharkey and his downfall (a bit confusing as two different stories hints at two different ways) is depicted in the stories of the seas and other stories also fills in with adventures of sailors each stranger than the other. Humour also finds place in some of the most fun filled misadventures that makes them more refreshing.
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