The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle

A Life of Arthur Conan Doyle by Hesketh Pearson Read by Tim Pigott-Smith 1 Introduction by David Timson 1:05 2 A British Celt 6:56 3 At the age of nine... 7:18 4 Some odd jobs 8:29 5 Meanwhile, those sixpences had to be earned… 6:37 6 During the last year of his study at Edinburgh… 7:34 7 Doctor Budd 7:43 8 Budd's carriage pulled up on the Hoe... 10:26 9 Doctor Doyle 10:58 10 While waiting 4:37 11 Doyle never made a penny more than £25… 7:35 12 To Berlin and Austria 3:07 13 Sherlock Holmes 7:19 14 The notion of writing a series of short stories… 9:46 15 Friends and Fame 9:52 16 The Brigadier 4:38 17 The Man of Action 4:30 18 On to Cairo 4:22 19 In South Africa, the Boer War… 4:24 20 Titanic 8:26 21 The Man in the Street 6:47 22 The Last Phase 7:44 23 Doyle's home life was exceptionally happy… 7:43 The Adventure of the Speckled Band Read by David Timson 24 Introduction 1:46 25 Early morning in Baker Street 3:56 26 ‘It is not cold which makes me shiver...' 3:54 27 ‘My name is Helen Stoner...' 8:19 28 ‘I could not sleep that night...' 7:15 29 ‘This is very deep business,' he said at last… 3:05 30 A huge man and an iron bar 3:41 31 A will, and a journey to Stoke Moran 12:26 32 I had never seen my friend's face so grim… 6:13 33 A night visit to Manor House 3:15 34 A dreadful vigil 5:37 35 Such are the true facts... 4:39 36 Recording of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part 1 2:00 Two short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Carl Rigg 37 Introduction by David Timson 0:29 38 Lot No. 249 7:48 39 Bellingham's Room 10:08 40 The strange habit 7:34 41 One afternoon... 8:06 42 The next evening... 9:37 43 Next day... 7:32 44 The Sealed Room 7:03 45 At the end of the passage 8:36 46 Some days later... 8:41 How the Brigadier Slew the Fox Read by Rupert Degas 47 Introduction by David Timson 0:34 48 In all the great hosts of France… 7:58 49 Ah, how my heart swelled... 5:50 50 I had never known it... 7:38 51 Presently an officer, in a blue uniform... 5:56 52 Such a crowd... 4:54 53 In front of us were the dogs... 5:52 From The Lost World Read by Glen McCready 53 Introduction by David Timson 0:16 54 The most wonderful things have happened… 6:40 55 It was midday... 5:48 56 ‘Wealden!' cried Challenger, in an ecstasy... 6:40 57 I had the same feeling of mystery... 8:31 The White Company Read by David Timson 58 Introduction 1:01 59 The company stood peering… 6:22 60 Sir Nigel, meanwhile, had found a foeman... 4:57 Beliefs and Causes – Other Writings by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 61 Introduction by David Timson 0:54 From The Vital Message Read by Crawford Logan 62 The Dawning of the Light 6:28 63 At first it was only physical... 5:58 64 None the less, it was greeted... 7:01 From Danger! Read by Jonathan Oliver 65 Introduction by David Timson 0:26 66 Being the log of Captain John Sirius 7:15 67 On she came… 6:42 68 On the round-the-corner page… 5:42 69 I had no time to read our papers... 7:16 From The Cottingley Fairies Read by Crawford Logan 70 Introduction by David Timson 0:40 71 Should the incidents here narrated... 7:26 72 The matter being in this state... 6:58 73 I may add as a footnote... 6:15 The Inner Room Read by Crawford Lo