The Man from Archangel: And Other Tales of Adventure [Paperback]

Arthur Conan Doyle (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2001

A book of adventure stories representing some of Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock-Holmes writings. As usual the action-episodes are first-rate.

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About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. Sent off to boarding school, he cut his teeth as a story-teller amusing his schoolmates with tales and writing letters home to his mother.He practiced medicine and, in 1900, volunteered as a medic in Africa during the Boer War – he was later knighted for his service. Doyle lost a son, two brothers in law, and two nephews to the Great War. He is remembered for the Sherlock Holmes stories and his novel The Lost World. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589636015
• ISBN-13: 978-1589636019
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,635,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A delightful anthology of adventure and medical stories!, June 12, 2011

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Paul Weiss (Dundas, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure (Paperback)

Virtually every reader of any age at all is familiar with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Far fewer readers are familiar with his lesser creations - Professor Challenger, Brigadier Gerard, Rodney Stone and Sir Nigel Loring, for example. And even fewer again are aware that he wrote an enormous number of short stories and novels related to a variety of themes including horror and the paranormal, adventure and British imperialism, suspense, medicine and general Victorian life.

THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL (AND OTHER STORIES) is a wonderful anthology of stories broken into two distinct themes. The first is a series of adventure tales and the second, believe it or not, is an entire series of stories that focuses on the topic of Victorian medicine. Fascinating for their historical value and the perspective they give on the practice of medicine over a century ago that Conan Doyle would have perceived as cutting edge, these stories are also quite delightful in that they are primarily charming, whimsical and unfailingly entertaining.

For those that wish to sample some excellent Victorian fiction by a master whose works beyond Sherlock Holmes have been sadly neglected, THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL is an excellent place to start. I can heartily recommend a couple of other anthologies that are well worth your reading time - THE HORROR OF THE HEIGHTS and ROUND THE FIRE STORIES.

Highly recommended.

Paul Weiss