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Micah Clarke

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2019-09-08 04:09:03

Micah Clarke is a 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 advent ... Read more
Micah Clarke is a 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. At the conclusion, he must go into exile as a hunted outlaw, becomes a soldier of fortune himself and is launched on a lifetime military career. 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. Less

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File size428.033 KB
Print pages274
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2015-09-11
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1544138558
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (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 ...

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