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Arthur Conan Doyle first published his memories of his many various adventures around the world and his relationships with such famous figures of the age including Oscar Wilde, Empress Eugenie and Prime Minister Arthur Balfour to name a few, in The Strand Magazine between October 1923 and July 1924. This memoir was later formed into a book and published in September 1924.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Early Recollections
15:48 - Chapter 2
Under the Jesuits
19:09 - Chapter 3
Recollections of a Student
27:37 - Chapter 4
Whaling In the Arctic Ocean
30:44 - Chapter 5
The Voyage to West Africa
23:46 - Chapter 6
My First Experiences in Practice
15:55 - Chapter 7
My Start at Southsea
17:55 - Chapter 8
My First Literary Success
24:05 - Chapter 9
Pulling Up the Anchor
26:41 - Chapter 10
The Great Break
18:00 - Chapter 11
Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes
33:11 - Chapter 12
Norwood and Switzerland
22:44 - Chapter 13
Egypt in 1896
19:57 - Chapter 14
On the Edge of a Storm
22:03 - Chapter 15
An Interlude of Peace
17:59 - Chapter 16
The Start For South Africa
29:07 - Chapter 17
Days With the Army
30:16 - Chapter 18
Final Experiences in South Africa
23:29 - Chapter 19
An Appeal to the World's Opinion
27:57 - Chapter 20
My Political Adventures
21:06 - Chapter 21
The Years Between the Wars
42:40 - Chapter 22
The Years Between the Wars
32:47 - Chapter 23
Some Notable People
1:03:43 - Chapter 24
Some Recollections of Sport
59:15 - Chapter 25
To the Rocky Mountains in 1914
40:47 - Chapter 26
The Eve of War
42:44 - Chapter 27
A Remembrance of the Dark Years
27:52 - Chapter 28
Experiences on the British Front
40:48 - Chapter 29
Experiences on the Italian Front
15:58 - Chapter 30
Experiences on the French Front
30:12 - Chapter 31
Breaking the Hindenburg Line
32:32 - Chapter 32
The Psychic Quest
28:38