The Great Shadow

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

When Jock Calder's orphaned cousin Edie arrives to stay with his family, both he and his friend Jim Horscroft quickly lose their hearts to her. As the year turns, and the Allies march into Paris, it seems the great shadow of Napoleon will no longer menace Europe. Then Bonaventure de Lapp appears on the shore, claiming to be the survivor of a shipwreck. The Calders take him in - only to discover that Edie has married him in secret. As Jock and Jim reel from the revelation, further devastating news arrives - Napoleon has broken free from his exile, and Jock and Jim must march to the field of Waterloo...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781985639232
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/17/2018
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement", helped to popularize the mystery of the Mary Celeste.

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