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Danger is a collection of short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1918. Complete and unabridged.

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The collection's title story, "Danger Being the Log of Captain John Sirius", was written by Arthur Conan Doyle 18 months before the outbreak of World War I and rst published in the Strand Magazine in July 1914. It depicts an imaginary country in Europe ghting - and defeating... Read Full Overview

It may be objected that the writer, feeling the danger so strongly, should have taken other means than fiction to put his views before the authorities. The answer to this criticism is that he did indeed adopt every possible method, that he personally approached leading naval... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

A collection of short stories, some of which have to do with the war. The longest and most noteworthy of the ten tales which make up this book is the one which gives its name to the collection. " Danger ". The most notable thing about " Danger " is the fact that it was written... Read Full Overview

The collection's title story, "Danger ", was written eighteen months before the outbreak of World War I. First published in the Strand Magazine in July 1914, it was based on an imaginary country in Europe fighting - and defeating - Britain and intended to direct public attention... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Danger and Other Stories by A. Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and medical doctor. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock... Read Full Overview

The story describes Britain's need to update its naval preparations. Norland, a fictional small country in Europe has been fighting England and is now invaded by an English army. However, Norland has a naval flotilla of submarines commanded by Captain John Sirius. Sirius uses... Read Full Overview

This classic volume contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1918 collection of short stories, "Danger! And Other Stories". The titular story describes a fictional European country that fights and defeats Britain, originally intended to highlight the new dangers of submarines. This... Read Full Overview

A collection of short stories, some of which have to do with the war. The longest and most noteworthy of the ten tales which make up this book is the one which gives its name to the collection. " Danger ". The most notable thing about " Danger " is the fact that it was written... Read Full Overview

It is an amazing thing that the English, who have the reputation of being a practicalnation, never saw the danger to which they were exposed. For many years they hadbeen spending nearly a hundred millions a year upon their army and their fleet.Squadrons of Dreadnoughts costing... Read Full Overview

A collection of short stories, some of which have to do with the war. The longest and most noteworthy of the ten tales which make up this book is the one which gives its name to the collection. " Danger ". The most notable thing about " Danger " is the fact that it was written... Read Full Overview