The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales

The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales


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The Great Shadow, also known as The Great Shadow and other Napoleonic Tales, is an action and adventure novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel takes place in the Napoleonic era on the English-Scottish border city called West Inch. The Great Shadow refers to the Napoleon's influence and his reputation that forms a shadow over West Inch.The narrator of the story is Jock Calder, a middle-aged man looking back upon the days of his youth. In the early 19th century, Jock lived with his parents on the farm of West Inch, situated on the East Coast of Britain. As to where exactly this estate is located, Conan Doyle is quite specific. When Jock settles into bed for the night, his head lies in Scotland while his feet lie in England. Despite this de facto dual citizenship, the boy proudly considers himself a Scot.When the story opens, Britain is enjoying an interlude of peace. Napoleon Bonaparte has been exiled to the island of Elba, yet memories of the recent war with "Boney" darken the collective British psyche like the metaphorical shadow. It's almost as if the Britons could predict the French Emperor's return to action in the near future. Most of the story, however, does not concern itself with war, but rather with Jock's romantic pursuit of Edie, an orphaned cousin who has come to reside with his family. Then one day a mysterious Frenchman appears on the beach and insinuates himself into the lives of the Calder family. The less said about all this the better. Conan Doyle does a great job of keeping the characters' motives a secret and punctuating the plot with satisfying surprises. With Napoleon on everyone's minds, of course, war can't be far off.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781794176874
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 179417687X
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jan 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 295 gr


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