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The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle explores history, punic war, 3rd, 149-146 b.c., manners and customs.
The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle. Its subjects include History, Punic War, 3rd, 149-146 B.C., Manners and customs.
From the opening pages: “The first half is made up of a series of pictures of the past which maybe regarded as trial flights towards a larger ideal which I have long had in my mind. It has seemed to me that there is a region between actual story and actual history which has never been adequately exploited. I could imagine, for example, a work dealing with some great historical epoch, and finding its interest not in the happenings to particular individuals, their adventures and their loves, but in the fascination of the actual facts of history themselves. These facts might be coloured with the glamour which the writer of fiction can give, and fictitious characters and conversations might illustrate them; but none the less the actual drama of history and not the drama of invention should claim the attention of the reader. I have been tempted sometimes to try the effect upon a larger scale; but meanwhile these short sketches, portraying various crises in the…”
