1893 Micah Clarke

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Publishers' Original Binding

Arthur Conan Doyle's historical novel 'Micah Clarke: His Statement, as made to his Three Grandchildren Joseph, Gervas, and Reuben during the Hard Winter of 1734.' A New edition. Originally published in 1899.

Set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, the novel consists of a bildungsroman following Micah Clarke and his way through life from a young boy to an adult, enduring many harrowing experiences, eventually becoming a soldier of fortune and sent into exile. A fascinating book, giving an insight from the point of view of a seventeenth century English boy, as he witnesses life through the rebellion. The novel is highly focused on the religious aspects of the conflict.

With twenty-four leaves of advertisements to the rear. Illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette to title page.