by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Historical Novel · War and its Cost · Honour and Chivalry
Abstract
A volume of historical ‘impressions and tales’ ranging from the destruction of Carthage’s last fleet by Rome, to Nero’s rigged singing contest at Olympia, to a Christian slave’s martyrdom under Domitian, plus eight independent short stories. Doyle uses vivid historical vignettes to dramatize the rise and fall of empires as a warning parable for Britain.
Capitoli / Chapters
- THE LAST GALLEY
- THE CONTEST.
- THROUGH THE VEIL.
- AN ICONOCLAST.
- THE COMING OF THE HUNS
- THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS
- THE FIRST CARGO
- THE HOME-COMING
- THE RED STAR
- THE SILVER MIRROR
- THE BLIGHTING OF SHARKEY
- THE MARRIAGE OF THE BRIGADIER
- THE LORD OF FALCONBRIDGE
- OUT OF THE RUNNING
- DE PROFUNDIS
- THE GREAT BROWN-PERICORD MOTOR
- THE TERROR OF BLUE JOHN GAP
Connections
Forms & Genres: Short Story, Historical Novel Themes & Concepts: Empire and Imperialism, War and its Cost, Fate and Free Will, Power and Corruption, Faith and Doubt, Justice Right and Wrong, History Motifs: Ship, Sea, Fire, Blood, Time, Sea and Voyage Historical References: Ancient Rome, Roman History, Carthage, Christianity Settings: Ancient Rome, Africa Archetypes: Tyrant, Martyr Saint, Avenger Topoi: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Fortune’s Wheel