Rodney Stone (Illustrated Edition)
Author | : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2021-05-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798512387955 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Rodney Stone (Illustrated Edition) written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodney Stone is a Gothic mystery and boxing novel by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1896. The eponymous narrator is a Sussex country boy who is taken to London by his uncle Sir Charles Tregellis, a highly respected gentleman and arbiter of fashion who is on familiar terms with the most important people of Great Britain. The novel interweaves Rodney's coming-of-age story with that of his friend Boy Jim's boxing endeavors, and a large portion of it deals with the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, such as Jem Belcher, John Jackson, Daniel Mendoza, Dutch Sam, and others. The book includes vignettes of a number of historical personages, notably the Prince Regent, Lord Nelson, Sir John Lade, Lord Cochrane and Beau Brummell.