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Author(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan; Pearson, Hesketh
Reader(s): Degas, Rupert; Logan, Crawford; McCready, Glen; Oliver, Jonathan; Pigott-Smith, Tim; Rigg, Carl; Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Biographies; Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA695512
Barcode: 9789626349557
Release Date: 04/2009
DOYLE, A.C.: Essential Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The)
Was Arthur Conan Doyle really like his most famous fictional character, the rational Sherlock Holmes? Why then, irrationally, did he become a fervent follower of Spiritualism? Did he really believe in the existence of fairies or was he mad? This intriguing compilation offers a portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in fact and fiction. There are extracts from his spiritualist writings, as well as a complete Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Speckled Band and extracts from the rarely read short story Danger! There are excerpts too from other popular works, The Lost World and Brigadier Gerard and the largely forgotten The White Company. All these combine to give us an insight into this complex character.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Pearson, Hesketh - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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1 | Introduction by David Timson | 01:05 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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2 | A British Celt | 06:56 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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3 | At the age of nine… | 07:18 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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4 | Some odd jobs | 08:29 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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5 | Meanwhile, those sixpences had to be earned… | 06:37 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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6 | During the last year of his study at Edinburgh… | 07:34 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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7 | Doctor Budd | 07:43 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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8 | Budd's carriage pulled up on the Hoe… | 10:26 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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9 | Doctor Doyle | 10:58 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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10 | While waiting | 04:37 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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11 | Doyle never made a penny more than 25 Pounds… | 07:35 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
Disc 2
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1 | To Berlin and Austria | 03:07 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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2 | Sherlock Holmes | 07:19 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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3 | The notion of writing a series of short stories… | 09:46 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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4 | Friends and Fame | 09:52 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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5 | The Brigadier | 04:38 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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6 | The Man of Action | 04:30 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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7 | On to Cairo | 04:22 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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8 | In South Africa, the Boer War… | 04:24 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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9 | Titanic | 08:26 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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10 | The Man in the Street | 06:47 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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11 | The Last Phase | 07:44 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
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12 | Doyle's home life was exceptionally happy… | 07:43 |
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
Disc 3
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
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1 | Introduction | 01:46 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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2 | Early morning in Baker Street | 03:56 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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3 | 'It is not cold which makes me shiver…' | 03:54 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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4 | 'My name is Helen Stoner…' | 08:19 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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5 | 'I could not sleep that night…' | 07:15 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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6 | 'This is very deep business,' he said at last… | 03:05 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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7 | A huge man and an iron bar | 03:41 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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8 | A will, and a journey to Stoke Moran | 12:26 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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9 | I had never seen my friend's face so grim… | 06:13 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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10 | A night visit to Manor House | 03:15 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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11 | A dreadful vigil | 05:37 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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12 | Such are the true facts… | 04:39 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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13 | Recording of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part 1 | 02:00 |
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 4
Timson, David (Reader)
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1 | Introduction by David Timson | 00:29 |
Timson, David (Reader)
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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2 | Lot No. 249 | 07:48 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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3 | Bellingham's Room | 10:08 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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4 | The strange habit | 07:34 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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5 | One afternoon… | 08:06 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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6 | The next evening… | 09:37 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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7 | The next day… | 07:32 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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8 | The Sealed Room | 07:03 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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9 | At the end of the passage | 08:36 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
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10 | Some days later… | 08:41 |
Rigg, Carl (Reader)
Disc 5
Timson, David (Reader)
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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1 | Introduction by David Timson | 00:34 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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2 | In all the great hosts of France… | 07:58 |
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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3 | Ah, how my heart swelled… | 05:50 |
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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4 | I had never known it… | 07:38 |
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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5 | Presently an officer, in a blue uniform… | 05:56 |
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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6 | Such a crowd… | 04:54 |
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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7 | In front of us were the dogs… | 05:52 |
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
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8 | Introduction by David Timson | 00:16 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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9 | The most wonderful things have happened… | 06:40 |
McCready, Glen (Reader)
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10 | It was midday… | 05:48 |
McCready, Glen (Reader)
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11 | 'Wealden!' cried Challenger, in an ecstasy… | 06:40 |
McCready, Glen (Reader)
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12 | I had the same feeling of mystery… | 08:31 |
McCready, Glen (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
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13 | Introduction | 01:01 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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14 | The company stood peering… | 06:22 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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15 | Sir Nigel, meanwhile, had found a foeman… | 04:57 |
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 6
Timson, David (Reader)
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1 | Beliefs and Causes: Introduction by David Timson | 00:54 |
Timson, David (Reader)
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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2 | The Dawning of the Light | 06:28 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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3 | At first it was only physical… | 05:58 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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4 | None the less, it was greeted… | 07:01 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Oliver, Jonathan (Reader)
Oliver, Jonathan (Reader)
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5 | Introduction by David Timson | 00:26 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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6 | Being the log of Captain John Sirius | 07:15 |
Oliver, Jonathan (Reader)
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7 | On she came… | 06:42 |
Oliver, Jonathan (Reader)
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8 | On the round-the-corner page… | 05:42 |
Oliver, Jonathan (Reader)
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9 | I had no time to read our papers… | 07:16 |
Oliver, Jonathan (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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10 | Introduction by David Timson | 00:40 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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11 | Should the incidents here narrated… | 07:26 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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12 | The matter being in this state… | 06:58 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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13 | I may add as a footnote… | 06:15 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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14 | Introduction by David Timson | 00:23 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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15 | It is mine – the little chamber… | 02:51 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
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16 | Recording of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part 2 | 05:52 |
Logan, Crawford (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 07:36:40