The Croxley Master (1899)

Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast

This episode, we get in training to face Silas Craggs in Conan Doyle’s boxing story ‘The Croxley Master’ from 1899.

You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Croxley_Master

And read the show notes here: https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2022/11/32-croxley-master-1899.html

For an introduction to Conan Doyle and sport, listen to our interview with Mark Alberstat in Episode 7 - https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/2020/10/7-conan-doyle-and-sport-with-mark.html).

A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle

Next time on Doings of Doyle

We are joined by Martin Edwards, crime-writer, President of the Detection Club, and author of The Life of Crimes (2022), a monumental new history of crime fiction, to discuss Conan Doyle and the detective novel.

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