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Micah Clarke

Arthur Conan Doyle

Set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, it follows young Micah Clarke as he transforms from a naive boy seeking adventure into a hardened soldier of fortune.

"Micah Clarke" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a historical adventure novel. Set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, it follows young Micah Clarke as he transforms from a naive boy seeking adventure into a hardened soldier of fortune.

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It may be, my dear grandchildren, that at one time or another I have told you nearly all the incidents which have occurred during my adventurous life. To your father and to your mother, at least, I know that none of them are unfamiliar. Yet when I consider that time wears on, and that a grey head is apt to contain a failing memory, I am prompted to use these long winter evenings in putting it all before you from the beginning, that you may have it as one clear story in your minds, and pass it on as such to those who come after you. For now that the house of Brunswick is firmly established upon the throne and that peace prevails in the land, it will become less easy for you every year to understand how men felt when Englishmen were in arms against Englishmen, and when he who should have been the shield and the protector of his subjects had no thought but to force upon them what they most abhorred and detested.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. Of Cornet Joseph Clarke of the Ironsides
  2. 02Chapter II. Of my going to school and of my coming thence.
  3. 03Chapter III. Of Two Friends of my Youth
  4. 04Chapter IV. Of the Strange Fish that we Caught at Spithead
  5. 05Chapter V. Of the Man with the Drooping Lids
  6. 06Chapter VI. Of the Letter that came from the Lowlands
  7. 07Chapter VII. Of the Horseman who rode from the West
  8. 08Chapter VIII. Of our Start for the Wars
  9. 09Chapter IX. Of a Passage of Arms at the Blue Boar
  10. 10Chapter X. Of our Perilous Adventure on the Plain
  11. 11Chapter XI. Of the Lonely Man and the Gold Chest
  12. 12Chapter XII. Of certain Passages upon the Moor
  13. 13Chapter XIII. Of Sir Gervas Jerome, Knight Banneret of the County of Surrey
  14. 14Chapter XIV. Of the Stiff-legged Parson and his Flock
  15. 15Chapter XV. Of our Brush with the King’s Dragoons
  16. 16Chapter XVI. Of our Coming to Taunton
  17. 17Chapter XVII. Of the Gathering in the Market-square
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. Of Master Stephen Timewell, Mayor of Taunton
  19. 19Chapter XIX. Of a Brawl in the Night
  20. 20Chapter XX. Of the Muster of the Men of the West
  21. 21Chapter XXI. Of my Hand-grips with the Brandenburger
  22. 22Chapter XXII. Of the News from Havant
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. Of the Snare on the Weston Road
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. Of the Welcome that met me at Badminton
  25. 25Chapter XXV. Of Strange Doings in the Boteler Dungeon
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. Of the Strife in the Council
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. Of the Affair near Keynsham Bridge
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. Of the Fight in Wells Cathedral
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. Of the Great Cry from the Lonely House
  30. 30Chapter XXX. Of the Swordsman with the Brown Jacket
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. Of the Maid of the Marsh and the Bubble which rose from the Bog
  32. 32Chapter XXXII. Of the Onfall at Sedgemoor
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII. Of my Perilous Adventure at the Mill
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV. Of the Coming of Solomon Sprent
  35. 35Chapter XXXV. Of the Devil in Wig and Gown
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI. Of the End of it All
  37. 37Appendix

About this edition

Author
Arthur Conan Doyle
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
378 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers