The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

A book of historical fiction representing Conan Doyle's ability to make the long-gone past come alive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783987447716
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	10/13/2022
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	116
File size:	893 KB

About the Author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

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

Table of Contents

I	The Last of the Legions	9
II	The Last Galley	22
III	Through the Veil	37
IV	The Coming of the Huns	47
V	The Contest	68
VI	The First Cargo	83
VII	An Iconoclast	98
VIII	Giant Maximin	112
IX	The Red Star	141
X	The Silver Mirror	158
XI	The Home-Coming	177
XII	A Point of Contact	202
XIII	The Centurion	215