The Last Of The Legions And Other Tales Of Long Ago

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

A book of historical fiction representing Conan Doyle's ability to make the long-gone past come alive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781477404782
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/05/2012
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885

Table of Contents

I	The Last of the Legions	9
II	The Last Galley	22
III	Through the Veil	37
IV	The Coming of the Huns	47
V	The Contest	68
VI	The First Cargo	83
VII	An Iconoclast	98
VIII	Giant Maximin	112
IX	The Red Star	141
X	The Silver Mirror	158
XI	The Home-Coming	177
XII	A Point of Contact	202
XIII	The Centurion	215