Rodney Stone (1896), By A. Conan Doyle (Novel)

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 century, 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. It was adapted into a 1913 silent film, The House of Temperley, directed by Harold M. Shaw.

• • Author: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Apr 01, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 150 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1530824788
• • ISBN-13: 9781530824786