Micah Clarke (1889), Part 1

Hello and welcome to episode 78. This month we start our multi-part discussion of one Conan Doyle’s most important works, his historical romance Micah Clarke, first published in 1889. You can read the story here. The show notes will be available at https://bit.ly/DOD78sn (for all show notes, just replace ‘78’ with the episode number in question). The episode will shortly be posted to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle. Please like and subscribe. Synopsis Following the accession of Charles II in 1660, England has been at peace for a quarter of a century, but with Charles’s death, and the succession of his brother as James II, the storm clouds are gathering once more. In a sign of the times, a strange messenger, the mercenary soldier Decimus Saxon, arrives at the Hampshire home of former Cromwellian trooper Joseph Clarke, calling for his help in the Protestant Duke of Monmouth’s planned uprising against the Catholic King James. Joseph is too old for such a venture, so instead he volunteers the services of his son Micah… Next time on Doings of Doyle… We interrupt our discussion of Micah Clarke to bring you an interview with Lindsey Fitzharris, author of Sleuth-Hound, about Joseph Bell and the Edinburgh circle that inspired Sherlock Holmes. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books (www.belangerbooks.com), and our supporters on Patreon and Paypal. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ YouTube video created by @headlinerapp.