The Croxley Master (1899)

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. Become a Patron If you are enjoying the podcast and want to become a patron, please visit our Patreon page or donate via PayPal on the link at www.doingsofdoyle.com (link top right). Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books: www.belangerbooks.com, and to our patrons 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/  

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