Author: Sir Arthur Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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ISBN: 9781520836270
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Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Danger! And Other Stories (1918) is a collection of short stories published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.The collection's title story, "Danger! Being the Log of Captain John Sirius", was written 18 months before the outbreak of World War I and first published in the Strand Magazine in July 1914. It depicts an imaginary country in Europe fighting - and defeating - Britain, and is 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""Borrowed Scenes""The Surgeon of Gaster Fell""How It Happened""The Prisoner's Defence""Three of Them"