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The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople were centres of theological warfare. The whole north of Africa, too, was rent by the strife of the Donatists, who upheld their particular schism by iron flails and the war-cry of "Praise to the Lord!" But minor local controversies sank to nothing when compared with the huge argument of the Catholic and the Arian, which rent every village in twain, and divided every household from the cottage to the palace. The rival doctrines of the Homoousian and of the Homoiousian, containing metaphysical differences so attenuated that they could hardly be stated, turned bishop against bishop and congregation against congregation. The ink of the theologians and the blood of the fanatics were spilled in floods on[49] either side, and gentle followers of Christ were horrified to find that their faith was . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
102 - 2023
While Arthur Conan Doyle is best remembered for his Sherlock Holmes stories, or the sci-fi books with Professor Challenger in them, he also fancied himself as a writer of historical fiction, and had wanted to be remembered for this.
Sadly that did not happen. While Conan Doyle’s historical stories sh
Essentially this is Conan Doyle's gossipy fanfiction about famous Greeks, Romans, and Carthaginians. You'd think history would be homogeneously interesting (it's all stuff that happened before now), but it turns out these particular eras of Long Ago are very boring.
Quite the solid collection of short stories. I was especially partial to "The Contest" and "The Red Star." I highly recommend this collection to fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work.
Conan Doyle was a major short story writer. All but four of the Holmes stories were written for serialization in various magazines. But he was very prolific with historical, social, religious and supernatural/spiritual tales for decades. This small volume has a wide selection of little stories. Some
Tales of Long Ago is a 1922 collection of 12 short stories set in the far past. The fall of the Roman Empire crops up a lot as a theme, with some heavy-handed treatment of the possible future of Britain in these conditions. They are all quite readable, even if the historical details underpinning the
Doyle was such a capable writer. This group showcases a wonderful bunch of short stories. They aren't all mysteries. There are several historical tales and a couple supernatural ones. I didn't like those last two, but the historical ones were very good.