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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Free SF Reader, October 8, 2007
A huge collection, combining several smaller collections in a rather weighty, old fashioned tome.
This is mostly sport and war, or combined.
Tales of the Ring : The Croxley Master - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Ring : The Lord of Falconbridge - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Ring : The Fall of Lord Barrymore - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Ring : The Crime of the Brigadier - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Ring : The King of the Foxes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Ring : The Bully of Brocas Court - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Camp : A Straggler of '15 - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Camp : The Pot of Caviare - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Camp : The Green Flag - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Camp : The Three Correspondents - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Camp : The Marriage of the Brigadier - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of the Camp : The Lord of Chateau Noir - Arthur Conan Doyle
Some military men looking for a good, honest fighting match.
3 out of 5
Don't expect wolves when hunting.
3.5 out of 5
Fox hunting rules, Napoleonic era.
2 out of 5
A noble ring rivalry causes skullduggery.
2.5 out of 5
An old boxer running a pub gets involved with training for a special fight.
3.5 out of 5
A medical student in need of money is recruited for a prize-fight after dealing handily with one of the trainers.
3.5 out of 5
A French noble gets the better of some invading Germans.
3.5 out of 5
Woman causes peace?
2.5 out of 5
Some professional soldier friends get to do some shooting, and play with camels.
3 out of 5
An Irish republican, a brother killed in a gunfight with the police joins the army to escape prison.
3 out of 5
Trying to survive the Boxer uprising hard enough without crazy women poisoning you.
3 out of 5
Old wives' tales of war.
2.5 out of 5
Swashbuckling, ghost ships and terror at sea, all that fun stuff to be found here.
Tales of Pirates : Captain Sharkey - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Pirates : The Dealings of Captain Sharkey - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Pirates : The Blighting of Sharkey - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Pirates : How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Pirates : The "Slapping Sal" - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Pirates : A Pirate of the Land - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Blue Water : The Striped Chest - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Blue Water : The Captain of the "Polestar" - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Blue Water : The Fiend of the Cooperage - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Blue Water : Jelland's Voyage - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Blue Water : J Habakuk Jephson's Statement - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Blue Water : That Little Square Box - Arthur Conan Doyle
A masked driver goes in for some highway robbery.
3.5 out of 5
Some pirate hunting, under orders.
3.5 out of 5
A leading Kingston sugar merchant sets out to do something about the pirate
3.5 out of 5
The pirate business being slew, mutiny is brewing until a ship blunders in. Doing away with its crew and captain they keep a beautiful young woman who just happens to be a leper. See first part.
3.5 out of 5
The locals see an opporortunity when even a pirate has to get rid of barnacles to keep his ship's fighting speed advantage.
3.5 out of 5
The captain of the pirate ship Happy Delivery makes Captain John Scarrow of the Morning Star very, very nervous.
3.5 out of 5
Pigeon mistake.
3 out of 5
Marie Celeste story.
3 out of 5
Ill-fated scarpering.
3 out of 5
A crushing experience for one of the crew, giant python induced.
3.5 out of 5
A doctor thinks his Captain is going crazy, but perhaps there just might be a ghost.
3.5 out of 5
Investigation of a derelict ship.
3.5 out of 5
Some horror, and the odd mystery and mainstream.
Tales of Terror : The Horror of the Heights - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Terror : The Leather Funnel - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Terror : The New Catacomb - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Terror : The Case of Lady Sannox - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Terror : The Terror of Blue John Gap - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Terror : The Brazilian Cat - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery : The Lost Special - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery : The Beetle-Hunter - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery : The Man with the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery : The Japanned Box - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery : The Black Doctor - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery : The Jew's Breastplate - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Mystery : The Nightmare Room - Arthur Conan Doyle
An aviator's recount of an encounter with a huge flying jellyfish monster.
4 out of 5
Tortured ghost source.
4 out of 5
Archaelological abandonment.
3 out of 5
A poisoned lip requires surgery.
3 out of 5
Finding a mine monster.
4 out of 5
Even if broke, don't visit relatives with pumas as housecats.
4 out of 5
Train nicking crime.
3 out of 5
Crazy brother, really.
3.5 out of 5
Train death mystery.
3 out of 5
Record memories.
3 out of 5
Fraternal history in Argentina revisits a country doc.
3 out of 5
Protecting artefacts.
3.5 out of 5
A poison triangle.
3 out of 5
Lots of supernatural and horror tales to be found here, with both of his mummy stories included.
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : The Brown Hand - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : The Usher of Lea House School - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : B. 24 - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : The Great Keinplatz Experiment - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : A Literary Mosaic - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : Playing with Fire - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : The Ring of Thoth - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : The Los Amigos Fiasco - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : How it Happened - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : Lot No. 249 - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : De Profundis - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Twilight and the Unseen : The Lift - Arthur Conan Doyle
A visit to his uncle finds an amateur psychic investigator dealing with a one-handed ghost searching for another.
3 out of 5
Dodgy doings with a nasty man.
3 out of 5
A thief sold down the river by a woman who doesn't like her husband.
3 out of 5
Out of body travel experiments.
3.5 out of 5
Some partial dream help from famous talent.
3 out of 5
Seance fun and games gets scary.
3 out of 5
Becoming like a mummy.
4 out of 5
Electrocution execution measurement trail means reversal of intention.
3.5 out of 5
Crash victim gets the facts.
3 out of 5
Mummies are scary when they don't stay in the same place.
3.5 out of 5
Ghostly hubby's reapparance.
3 out of 5
Depressed and stuck really high.
3.5 out of 5
Spies, sf, horror, and a lot of dull doctor stories.
Tales of Adventure : The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Adventure : The Surgeon of Gaster Fell - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Adventure : Borrowed Scenes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Adventure : The Man from Archangel - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Adventure : The Great Brown-Pericord Motor - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Adventure : The Sealed Room - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : A Psysiologist's Wife - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : Behind the Times - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : His First Operation - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : The Third Generation - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : The Curse of Eve - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : A Medical Document - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : The Surgeon Talks - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : The Doctor of Holyland - Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Medical Life : Crabbe's Practice - Arthur Conan Doyle...
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