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Rodney Stone
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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“Yes, father,” said I, with some confidence.
“Then how many sail of the line were at the Battle of Camperdown?”
He shook his head gravely when he found that I could not answer him.
“Why, there are men in the fleet who never had any schooling at all who could tell you that we had seven 74’s, seven 64’s, and two 50-gun ships in the action. There’s a picture on the wall of the chase of the Ca Ira. Which were the ships that laid her aboard?”
Again I had to confess that he had beaten me.
“Well, your dad can teach you something in h. . . Read More
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“With your permission, then, we will push my own personality as far as possible out of the picture. If you can conceive me as a thin and colourless cord upon which my would-be pearls are strung, you will be accepting me upon the terms which I should wish.”
Such are the words with which Rodney Stone d
A única coisa que havia lido de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle após devorar toda a coleção de Sherlock Holmes era uma coletânea de contos de terror. Na época, gostei. Mas era adolescente. Quando vi “Soco na Cara” em destaque na livraria, comprei de impulso. O nome não é convidativo. A capa, com duas luvas d
Bare knuckles prize-fighting in Regency England!
If you read very, very carefully and remain absolutely attentive to every passing paragraph, you'll realize that RODNEY STONE is a historical mystery.
But, truth be told, the mystery is so subtle as to be almost non-existent and doesn't really form the
Sir Conan Doyle is a Master Storyteller. Despite the fact that I was not hugely interested in the boxing, the description of joy and pain of the sport was fascinating..the mystery of the manor was an added bonus and very well plotted.
“Rodney Stone” was published in 1896, when Arthur Conan Doyle was 35.
I used the Kindle Edition for my reading; I found my links to Wikipedia very useful for learning more about some of the characters mentioned.
This book has been described as a boxing / Gothic mystery / coming of age story. After rea