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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 the son of a sailor and wishes to go to sea himself.
The real hero of Rodney Stone is boxing, a sport which fascinated Conan Doyle, especially in that phase where it was the most popular spectator sport in England.
Rodney Stone: A Reminiscence of the Ring Our view of the historical novel has hitherto been much the same as Scott's, but we overlook the fact that we are further from the days of Scott himself than he was from those of Waverley.
Rodney Stone and his friend Jim, two young lads from the country, find themselves drawn into the racy. colourful but dangerous world of boxing and gambling, and become involved in a series of exciting adventures set in an England where the Prince Regent is all but King and Lord Nelson all but God.
Rodney Stone and his best friend, Jim Harrison (the relative of a blacksmith and former boxer) have always been drawn to dark and dangerous places. When they wander into Cliffe Royale, an old, deserted mansion that was the scene of a gruesome murder fifteen years earlier, they're both frightened and strangely excited to cross paths with a ...
In the novel Rodney Stone, however, Conan Doyle dives much deeper into the world of pugilism, combining a satisfying mystery plot with the tale of an up-and-coming young boxer who...
“Rodney Stone” is a rattling good novel, and we use the phrase advisedly as conveying a better notion of the book’s excellent qualities than might be given by some more elaborate and...
