| Danger! and Other Stories Contributor(s): Conan Doyle, Arthur (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986822141 ISBN-13: 9781986822145 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.62 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The collection's title story, "Danger ", was written eighteen months before the outbreak of World War I. First published in the Strand Magazine in July 1914, it was based on an imaginary country in Europe fighting - and defeating - Britain and intended to direct public attention to the great danger (submarines) which threatened the country. Contents: Danger Being the log of Captain John Sirius -- One crowded hour -- A point of view -- The fall of Lord Barrymore -- The horror of the heights (which includes the manuscript known as the Joyce-Armstrong fragment) -- Borrowed scenes -- The surgeon of Gaster Fell -- How it happened -- The prisoner's defence -- Three of them: A chat about children, snakes, and zebus; About cricket; Speculations; The leatherskin tribe. |