The Great Shadow, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Great Shadow, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Great Shadow

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: John Rayburn

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/14/2023

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

What you’re about to hear takes place in West Inch, a city on the English-Scottish border. The title is an unusual reference to a shadow forming over the city that’s said to be about the influence and reputation of the infamous Napoleon.This is all a change of literary output by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed for his stories about Sherlock Holmes. He had gotten a little tired of that character and turned, at least for a while, to a man named Jock Calder, who was one of the soldiers at the scene of military activity, including the battle of Waterloo.The Great Shadow tale here was first published in 1892. Listen to find out what happened.

About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born of Irish parentage in Scotland. He took a degree in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but he also had a passion for storytelling. He began writing detective stories to supplement his income, and A Study in Scarlet (1887) introduced his finest creation, the hawk-eyed detective Sherlock Holmes. Despite the immense popularity Holmes gained throughout the world, Doyle was not overly fond of the character and preferred to write other stories. Eventually popular demand won out and he continued to satisfy readers with the adventures of the legendary sleuth. He also wrote historical romances and made two essays into pseudoscientific fantasy: The Lost World and The Poison Belt.

About John Rayburn

Narrator John Rayburn is a veteran of sixty-two years in broadcasting and is a member of the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame. He made his first solo flight more than three-quarters of a century ago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayaprakash on November 20, 2013

Another Conan Doyle tale set around Napoleon, and this one, unlike Uncle Bernac is not completely taken by storm and dominated by Napoleon whether or not it wanted to be, the way Europe was for a while. Conan Doyle takes his time getting to the big ticket moments, painting a richly detailed portrait......more

Goodreads review by Joel on June 07, 2018

"And as for us, our work was done, for the great shadow had been cleared away from Europe, and should no longer be thrown across the breadth of the lands, over peaceful farms and little villages, darkening the lives which should have been so happy." — Arthur Conan Doyle For select writers there is n......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on September 27, 2023

Audiobook. Though it was written in 1892, the English used wasn't old-style as I expected. Even so, it was kind of a drab book, Napoleon being the "shadow" and the book ending at Waterloo. Maybe if the narrator didn't sound so much like Garrison Keeler, it would've been more appealing. I just felt i......more

Goodreads review by Fr. Kyle on April 16, 2013

When I first started reading this book, I was bored by the pitiful teenage romance, but I kept reading with the promise of war on the horizon. I'm glad I did. Doyle fashioned a fantastic novel here moving out of the detective fiction we know him for and into historical fiction. He did a great job of......more

Goodreads review by Chiara on June 06, 2024

Fino ad ora, del re del giallo, Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle, avevo letto appunto solo di quel genere (“Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes” rimangono attualmente tra le mie letture preferite). Ammetto quindi che mi ha stupito molto leggere un qualcosa di diverso scritto da questo autore, anzi probabilmente......more

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