Danger! and Other Stories - Softcover

Doyle, Arthur Conan

 
9781410100153: Danger! and Other Stories

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A collection of short stories, by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, including the future war story "Danger!" and the science fiction tale "The Horror from the Heights," "The Fall of Lord Barrymore," "The Prisoner's Defence," and "The Surgeon of Gaster Fall." The title story covers 49 pages and was written about eighteen months before the outbreak of The First World War, the author's intention being "to direct public attention to the great danger which threatened this country." . In an introduction, the author makes the case for investing in a Channel Tunnel -- something he would love to ride through today on the Eurostar train!

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was an English writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. In the late nineteenth century he developed an interest in Spiritualism and became one of its most ardent supporters. Doyle wrote numerous books on the subject and frequently lectured on its merits.

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