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Rodney Stone - ebook
As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. „Rodney Stone” is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, „a pretty conspiracy – a criminal, an actress and a prize-fighter, all playing their parts”. The book is narrated by Rodney, in 1851 thinking back over the events 1803, when Rodney was 17 and his best friend, Boy Jim, was 19. This is the year Rodney’s uncle comes to introduce the boy to London society. Sir Charles is a dandy, and a friend of Beau Brummell and the Prince of Wales. But Rodney’s father has hopes for his son going into the Royal Navy. Boy Jim also has a life decision to make. He has been raised by Champion Harrison as a blacksmith, but after befriending an alcoholic ex-actress, he yearns to see more of the world, at least London.
| Kategoria: | Powieść |
| Język: | Angielski |
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| ISBN: | 978-83-8115-465-9 |
| Rozmiar pliku: | 2,4 MB |
FRAGMENT KSIĄŻKI
Preface
I. Friar’s Oak
II. The Walker Of Cliffe Royal
III. The Play-Actress Of Anstey Cross
IV. The Peace Of Amiens
V. Buck Tregellis
VI. On The Threshold
VII. The Hope Of England
VIII. The Brighton Road
IX. Watier’s
X. The Men Of The Ring
XI. The Fight In The Coach-House
XII. The Coffee-Room Of Fladong’s
XIII. Lord Nelson
XIV. On The Road
XV. Foul Play
XVI. Crawley Downs
XVII. The Ring-Side
XVIII. The Smith’s Last Battle
XIX. Cliffe Royal
XX. Lord Avon
XXI. The Valet’s Story
XXII. The EndPREFACE
Amongst the books to which I am indebted for my material in my endeavour to draw various phases of life and character in England at the beginning of the century, I would particularly mention Ashton’s Dawn Of The Nineteenth Century; Gronow’s Reminiscences; Fitzgerald’s Life And Times Of George IV; Jesse’s Life Of Brummell; Boxiana; Pugilistica; Harper’s Brighton Road; Robinson’s Last Earl Of Barrymore and Old Q.; Rice’s History Of The Turf; Tristram’s Coaching Days; James’s Naval History; Clark Russell’s Collingwood and Nelson.
I am also much indebted to my friends Mr. J. C. Parkinson and Robert Barr for information upon the subject of the ring.
A. Conan Doyle. Haslemere, September 1, 1896.
