Name: Micah Clarke (1889) ( historical adventure NOVEL ) by: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 9781542676533

portada Micah Clarke (1889) ( historical adventure NOVEL ) by: Arthur Conan Doyle

Micah Clarke (1889) ( historical adventure NOVEL ) by: Arthur Conan Doyle

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

274

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.55 kg.

ISBN13

9781542676533

Synopsis "Micah Clarke (1889) ( historical adventure NOVEL ) by: Arthur Conan Doyle"

Micah Clarke is an historical adventure novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1889 and set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 in England. The book is a bildungsroman whose protagonist, Micah Clarke, begins as a boy seeking adventure in a rather romantic and naive way, falls under the influence of an older and vastly experienced, world-weary soldier of fortune, and becomes a grown up after numerous experiences, some of them very harrowing. In the process the book also records much of the history of the Monmouth Rebellion, from the point of view of someone living in 17th century England. Much of the focus is upon the religious dimension of the conflict. The Rebellion was prompted by the desire of many to replace the Catholic King James with a Protestant rival. Micah is the son of a committed Protestant father who sends Micah to fight in the same cause which he himself had fought in during the English Civil War. Micah fights at the Battle of Sedgemoor, which in a narrative aside Doyle obliquely acknowledges to be the last clear-cut pitched battle on open ground between two military forces fought on English soil; Micah also witnesses the execution of James Scott on Tower Hill.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Edinburgh, 1859 - Crowborough, United Kingdom, 1930) considered the master of detective literature was a writer and doctor born in Scotland, mainly known for having created the very famous character Sherlock Holmes, the most well-known detective of all times, cyclically adapted for TV and cinema

He studied at the universities of Stonyhurst and Edinburgh, where he graduated in medicine. Between 1882 and 1890, he worked as a doctor in Southsea, England.

To supplement his meager income, he wrote a mystery novel titled A Study in Scarlet, which became the first of sixty-eight stories featuring one of the most famous detectives in literature: Sherlock Holmes.

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