Memories and Adventures / / Arthur Conan Doyle; ed. by Douglas Kerr.

A scholarly edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s autobiographyThe Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle serves Conan Doyle’s growing reputation as a significant force in the literature of Scotland, the English language and the world.For the first time, the volume provides students, enthusi...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle
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Physical Description:1 online resource (591 p.) :; 8 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • General Editor’s Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Chronology of the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Introduction
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1 EARLY RECOLLECTIONS
  • Chapter 2 UNDER THE JESUITS
  • Chapter 3 RECOLLECTIONS OF A STUDENT
  • Chapter 4 WHALING IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
  • Chapter 5 THE VOYAGE TO WEST AFRICA
  • Chapter 6 MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE
  • Chapter 7 MY START AT SOUTHSEA
  • Chapter 8 MY FIRST LITERARY SUCCESS
  • Chapter 9 PULLING UP THE ANCHOR
  • Chapter 10 THE GREAT BREAK
  • Chapter 11 SIDELIGHTS ON SHERLOCK HOLMES
  • Chapter 12 NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND
  • Chapter 13 EGYPT IN 1896
  • Chapter 14 ON THE EDGE OF A STORM
  • Chapter 15 AN INTERLUDE OF PEACE
  • Chapter 16 THE START FOR SOUTH AFRICA
  • Chapter 17 DAYS WITH THE ARMY
  • Chapter 18 FINAL EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA
  • Chapter 19 AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD’S OPINION
  • Chapter 20 MY POLITICAL ADVENTURES
  • Chapter 21 THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS
  • Chapter 22 THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS (CONTD.)
  • Chapter 23 SOME NOTABLE PEOPLE
  • Chapter 24 SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF SPORT
  • Chapter 25 TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1914
  • Chapter 26 THE EVE OF WAR
  • Chapter 27 A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS
  • Chapter 28 EXPERIENCES ON THE BRITISH FRONT
  • Chapter 29 EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
  • Chapter 30 EXPERIENCES ON THE FRENCH FRONT
  • Chapter 31 BREAKING THE HINDENBURG LINE
  • Chapter 32 THE PSYCHIC QUEST
  • Appendix UP TO DATE
  • Illustrations
  • An Essay on the Text
  • Apparatus
  • Explanatory Notes