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This is an enjoyable collection of 10 to 15 works by Conan Doyle. It's hard to give an exact count because of the way the book is subdivided. Several of these works are in other Conan Doyle collections. The repeats include the first three of Sir Arthur’s Captain Sharkey pirate yarns; “The Croxley Master” which is an excellent short novel about English prize fighting; “The Striped Chest,” another sea-faring story about a mysterious and dangerous chest found on a deserted ship; and “The New Catacomb,” a suspenseful story about retribution in an academic setting. I had read and enjoyed all of these stories previously. They all are well written in the range of very good to excellent, but I did not read them again. There were 7 stories new to my eyes.“The Green Flag,” “The Three Correspondents” and “The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce” all involve some aspect of the British military in north Africa. I am not sure of the exact time period. The second and third of these are somewhere in the second half of the 19th century (telegraphs were in common use). The first of these is likely earlier in the same century. I found “The Green Flag” to be the least appealing to me of these three stories; it involves a disaffected brigade of Irish soldiers serving with the British army in north Africa. The Irish pay little heed to their British commanders, but they are willing to rally heroically around an Irish flag when the going gets really rough. “The Three Correspondents” involves three reporters from three separate Fleet Street newspapers on assignment with British military in north Africa; two of the correspondents are highly experienced, and one is a rooky on his first foreign assignment; they all are very competitive with regard to their work. "Bimbashi Joyce" involves the first foreign service of a young British officer with limited experience who is assigned to command a small group of native soldiers at a camel caravan cross-point in a Libyan desert oasis. “A Shadow Before” and “The King of Foxes” (the latter, not listed in the table of contents or in the GOTO table) are well written, very descriptive short stories; however, they do not have much of a plot and their endings seem suddenly to just happen. The first is set at an Irish horse auction, the second in Midlands fox-hunting country. In both stories Conan Doyle uses his great gift for descriptive details to bring the characters, settings and events to life; but because of the sudden ending one gets the impression that the author either got very short on time or was treating these works primarily as a writer’s exercises in describing selected topics. “The Lord of Chateau Noir” and “A Foreign Office Romance” are both solidly written short stories. The first is set in post-Napoleonic France during a period when Prussian soldiers were occupying eastern parts of the country; it involves the interactions between a Prussian officer and the lord of Chateau Noir, head of a noble French family with a personal grievance against the Prussians. “A Foreign Office Romance” involves strategy and intrigue set in London as a treaty between England and other European powers is under negotiation and about to be signed.
I enjoyed all of the stories that were new to me and had previously enjoyed the others. I gave the collection an over-all rating of 4. But probably it is in the low end of the 4-star range. The Kindle version that I have was free; and normally I would not complain about minor problems such as misspellings, or lack of links from the TOC. However, this version had substantially more than the normal errors. Particularly, failure to list one of the stories anywhere. It’s just there without even a clear heading. I was a few paragraphs into it before I was absolutely sure it was not a second chapter in the story that preceded it. Well, I suppose I could ask for a refund, but I was well satisfied with the overall contents of the book.
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The Green Flag And Other Stories of War and Sport edition by Arthur Conan Doyle Reference eBooks Reviews
Great classic stories. Loved it. If you love Sherlock you'll love these stories. Curl up with your night light and have some adventures.
As a Holmes fan, I am always interested in reading other Doyle works and was not disappointed. These stories reflect the perspective of proper male behavior that are no longer evident in society.
This is an enjoyable collection of 10 to 15 works by Conan Doyle. It's hard to give an exact count because of the way the book is subdivided. Several of these works are in other Conan Doyle collections. The repeats include the first three of Sir Arthur’s Captain Sharkey pirate yarns; “The Croxley Master” which is an excellent short novel about English prize fighting; “The Striped Chest,” another sea-faring story about a mysterious and dangerous chest found on a deserted ship; and “The New Catacomb,” a suspenseful story about retribution in an academic setting. I had read and enjoyed all of these stories previously. They all are well written in the range of very good to excellent, but I did not read them again. There were 7 stories new to my eyes.
“The Green Flag,” “The Three Correspondents” and “The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce” all involve some aspect of the British military in north Africa. I am not sure of the exact time period. The second and third of these are somewhere in the second half of the 19th century (telegraphs were in common use). The first of these is likely earlier in the same century. I found “The Green Flag” to be the least appealing to me of these three stories; it involves a disaffected brigade of Irish soldiers serving with the British army in north Africa. The Irish pay little heed to their British commanders, but they are willing to rally heroically around an Irish flag when the going gets really rough. “The Three Correspondents” involves three reporters from three separate Fleet Street newspapers on assignment with British military in north Africa; two of the correspondents are highly experienced, and one is a rooky on his first foreign assignment; they all are very competitive with regard to their work. "Bimbashi Joyce" involves the first foreign service of a young British officer with limited experience who is assigned to command a small group of native soldiers at a camel caravan cross-point in a Libyan desert oasis. “A Shadow Before” and “The King of Foxes” (the latter, not listed in the table of contents or in the GOTO table) are well written, very descriptive short stories; however, they do not have much of a plot and their endings seem suddenly to just happen. The first is set at an Irish horse auction, the second in Midlands fox-hunting country. In both stories Conan Doyle uses his great gift for descriptive details to bring the characters, settings and events to life; but because of the sudden ending one gets the impression that the author either got very short on time or was treating these works primarily as a writer’s exercises in describing selected topics. “The Lord of Chateau Noir” and “A Foreign Office Romance” are both solidly written short stories. The first is set in post-Napoleonic France during a period when Prussian soldiers were occupying eastern parts of the country; it involves the interactions between a Prussian officer and the lord of Chateau Noir, head of a noble French family with a personal grievance against the Prussians. “A Foreign Office Romance” involves strategy and intrigue set in London as a treaty between England and other European powers is under negotiation and about to be signed.
I enjoyed all of the stories that were new to me and had previously enjoyed the others. I gave the collection an over-all rating of 4. But probably it is in the low end of the 4-star range. The version that I have was free; and normally I would not complain about minor problems such as misspellings, or lack of links from the TOC. However, this version had substantially more than the normal errors. Particularly, failure to list one of the stories anywhere. It’s just there without even a clear heading. I was a few paragraphs into it before I was absolutely sure it was not a second chapter in the story that preceded it. Well, I suppose I could ask for a refund, but I was well satisfied with the overall contents of the book.
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