Doyle, A.C.: The Essential Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Life of Arthur Conan Doyle (more info)
Hesketh Pearson,
Tim Pigott-Smith, reader
David Timson, reader


1. Introduction by David Timson - 01:05
2. A British Celt - 06:56
3. At the age of nine… - 07:18
4. Some odd jobs - 08:29
5. Meanwhile, those sixpences had to be earned… - 06:37
6. During the last year of his study at Edinburgh… - 07:34
7. Doctor Budd - 07:43
8. Budd's carriage pulled up on the Hoe… - 10:26
9. Doctor Doyle - 10:58
10. While waiting - 04:37
11. Doyle never made a penny more than 25 Pounds… - 07:35

A Life of Arthur Conan Doyle (more info)
Hesketh Pearson,
Tim Pigott-Smith, reader
David Timson, reader


1. To Berlin and Austria - 03:07
2. Sherlock Holmes - 07:19
3. The notion of writing a series of short stories… - 09:46
4. Friends and Fame - 09:52
5. The Brigadier - 04:38
6. The Man of Action - 04:30
7. On to Cairo - 04:22
8. In South Africa, the Boer War… - 04:24
9. Titanic - 08:26
10. The Man in the Street - 06:47
11. The Last Phase - 07:44
12. Doyle's home life was exceptionally happy… - 07:43

The Speckled Band (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
David Timson, reader


1. Introduction - 01:46
2. Early morning in Baker Street - 03:56
3. 'It is not cold which makes me shiver…' - 03:54
4. 'My name is Helen Stoner…' - 08:19
5. 'I could not sleep that night…' - 07:15
6. 'This is very deep business,' he said at last… - 03:05
7. A huge man and an iron bar - 03:41
8. A will, and a journey to Stoke Moran - 12:26
9. I had never seen my friend's face so grim… - 06:13
10. A night visit to Manor House - 03:15
11. A dreadful vigil - 05:37
12. Such are the true facts… - 04:39
13. Recording of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part 1 - 02:00

Lot No. 249 (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Carl Rigg, reader
David Timson, reader


1. Introduction by David Timson - 00:29
2. Lot No. 249 - 07:48
3. Bellingham's Room - 10:08
4. The strange habit - 07:34
5. One afternoon… - 08:06
6. The next evening… - 09:37
7. The next day… - 07:32


The Sealed Room (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Carl Rigg, reader


8. The Sealed Room - 07:03
9. At the end of the passage - 08:36
10. Some days later… - 08:41

How the Brigadier Slew the Fox (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
David Timson, reader


1. Introduction by David Timson - 00:34
2. In all the great hosts of France… - 07:58
3. Ah, how my heart swelled… - 05:50
4. I had never known it… - 07:38
5. Presently an officer, in a blue uniform… - 05:56
6. Such a crowd… - 04:54
7. In front of us were the dogs… - 05:52


The Lost World (unabridged) (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Glen McCready, reader
David Timson, reader


8. Introduction by David Timson - 00:16
9. The most wonderful things have happened… - 06:40
10. It was midday… - 05:48
11. 'Wealden!' cried Challenger, in an ecstasy… - 06:40
12. I had the same feeling of mystery… - 08:31


The White Company (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
David Timson, reader


13. Introduction - 01:01
14. The company stood peering… - 06:22
15. Sir Nigel, meanwhile, had found a foeman… - 04:57

Beliefs and Causes (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
David Timson, reader


1. Beliefs and Causes: Introduction by David Timson - 00:54


The Vital Message (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Crawford Logan, reader


2. The Dawning of the Light - 06:28
3. At first it was only physical… - 05:58
4. None the less, it was greeted… - 07:01


Danger (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
David Timson, reader


5. Introduction by David Timson - 00:26
6. Being the log of Captain John Sirius - 07:15
7. On she came… - 06:42
8. On the round-the-corner page… - 05:42
9. I had no time to read our papers… - 07:16


The Cottingley Fairies (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Crawford Logan, reader
David Timson, reader


10. Introduction by David Timson - 00:40
11. Should the incidents here narrated… - 07:26
12. The matter being in this state… - 06:58
13. I may add as a footnote… - 06:15


The Inner Room (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Crawford Logan, reader
David Timson, reader


14. Introduction by David Timson - 00:23
15. It is mine – the little chamber… - 02:51
16. Recording of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part 2 - 05:52

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