Rodney Stone: Book Guide, Author and Facts
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From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has outworn us. We put our grizzled heads together, we older ones, and we talk of the great days that we have known; but we find that when it is with our children that we talk it is a hard matter to make them understand. We and our fathers before us lived much the same life, but they with their railway trains and their steamboats belong to a diffe-rent age. It is true that we can put history-books into their hands, and they can read from them of our weary struggle of two and twenty years with that great and evil man. They can learn how Freedom fled from the whole broad continent, and how Nelson's blood was shed, and Pitt's noble heart was broken in striving that she should not pass us for ever to
Quick facts about Rodney Stone
- Title: Rodney Stone
- Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
- First published: 1896
- Genre: classic literature, fiction, fiction, historical, general
- OpenLibrary ID: OL262455W
Where to read Rodney Stone
Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is Rodney Stone about?
From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has outworn us.
Who wrote Rodney Stone?
Rodney Stone was written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
When was Rodney Stone published?
Rodney Stone was first published in 1896.
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