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Micah Clarke

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Original author: Arthur Conan Doyle

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"Micah Clarke" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a historical adventure novel published in 1889. Set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, it follows young Micah Clarke as he transforms from a naive boy seeking adventure into a hardened soldier of fortune. Fighting for the Protestant cause against Catholic King James II, Micah experiences the Battle of Sedgemoor, witnesses brutal aftermath hangings, faces the infamous Judge Jeffreys in the Bloody Assizes, and narrowly escapes slavery. Through harrowing trials, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with religious extremism, ultimately embracing toleration over fanaticism.

Micah Clarke, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #9504.

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37 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Of Cornet Joseph Clarke of the Ironsides3,770 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Of my going to school and of my coming thence5,097 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Of Two Friends of my Youth1,913 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Of the Strange Fish that we Caught at Spithead3,063 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: Of the Man with the Drooping Lids2,572 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: Of the Letter that came from the Lowlands5,298 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: Of the Horseman who rode from the West2,630 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Of our Start for the Wars4,651 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Of a Passage of Arms at the Blue Boar2,752 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Of our Perilous Adventure on the Plain5,223 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Of the Lonely Man and the Gold Chest4,284 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Of certain Passages upon the Moor4,170 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Of Sir Gervas Jerome, Knight Banneret of the County of4,805 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: Of the Stiff-legged Parson and his Flock3,225 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: Of our Brush with the King’s Dragoons4,895 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: Of our Coming to Taunton3,000 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: Of the Gathering in the Market-square4,111 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: Of Master Stephen Timewell, Mayor of Taunton8,330 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: Of a Brawl in the Night4,786 words
  1. 20.Chapter XX: Of the Muster of the Men of the West3,921 words
  2. 21.Chapter XXI: Of my Hand-grips with the Brandenburger6,364 words
  3. 22.Chapter XXII: Of the News from Havant3,592 words
  4. 23.Chapter XXIII: Of the Snare on the Weston Road7,120 words
  5. 24.Chapter XXIV: Of the Welcome that met me at Badminton6,592 words
  6. 25.Chapter XXV: Of Strange Doings in the Boteler Dungeon6,134 words
  7. 26.Chapter XXVI: Of the Strife in the Council2,121 words
  8. 27.Chapter XXVII: Of the Affair near Keynsham Bridge4,750 words
  9. 28.Chapter XXVIII: Of the Fight in Wells Cathedral4,238 words
  10. 29.Chapter XXIX: Of the Great Cry from the Lonely House3,363 words
  11. 30.Chapter XXX: Of the Swordsman with the Brown Jacket5,155 words
  12. 31.Chapter XXXI: Of the Maid of the Marsh and the Bubble which rose from6,117 words
  13. 32.Chapter XXXII: Of the Onfall at Sedgemoor11,018 words
  14. 33.Chapter XXXIII: Of my Perilous Adventure at the Mill5,314 words
  15. 34.Chapter XXXIV: Of the Coming of Solomon Sprent4,713 words
  16. 35.Chapter XXXV: Of the Devil in Wig and Gown9,891 words
  17. 36.Chapter XXXVI: Of the End of it All2,360 words
  18. 37.Appendix3,757 words