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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Cargo_Reviews_Articles |Date=2000-05-01 |Book=Through the Magic Door |BookAuthor=Arthur Conan Doyle |Reviewer=Christopher Roden |Topics=Reprints }} This review of the books &#039;&#039;&quot;Through the Magic Door&quot; and &quot;The White Company &amp; Sir Nigel&quot;, by Arthur Conan Doyle&#039;&#039; was written by <a href="/index.php?title=Christopher_Roden&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Christopher Roden (page does not exist)">Christopher Roden</a> and published in the <a href="/wiki/A.C.D._-_The_Journal_of_The_Arthur_Conan_Doyle_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society">A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society</a> (Vol. 10, may 2000). This review welcomes new paperback reprints of Through the Magic D...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Cargo_Reviews_Articles<br /> |Date=2000-05-01<br /> |Book=Through the Magic Door<br /> |BookAuthor=Arthur Conan Doyle<br /> |Reviewer=Christopher Roden<br /> |Topics=Reprints<br /> }}<br /> This review of the books &#039;&#039;&quot;Through the Magic Door&quot; and &quot;The White Company &amp; Sir Nigel&quot;, by Arthur Conan Doyle&#039;&#039; was written by [[Christopher Roden]] and published in the [[A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society]] (Vol. 10, may 2000).<br /> <br /> This review welcomes new paperback reprints of [[Through the Magic Door]] and [[The White Company]] &amp; [[Sir Nigel]], stressing their value for readers discovering or returning to [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. It praises the accessibility of these editions, notes the loss of some original illustrations, and especially highlights George MacDonald Fraser&#039;s introduction to the historical novels. <br /> <br /> <br /> == Review ==<br /> [[File:Acd-society-journal-2000-vol10-p97-review-croden2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[A.C.D. - The Journal of The Arthur Conan Doyle Society]] (Vol. 10, may 2000, p. 97)]]<br /> <br /> {|<br /> |-<br /> |<br /> : [[File:akadine-press-1999-through-the-magic-door.jpg|100px]]<br /> : &#039;&#039;&#039;Through the Magic Door&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> : Arthur Conan Doyle<br /> : Pleasantville, NY: The Akadine Press<br /> : (Common Reader Edition), 1999; 276pp.<br /> : ISBN: 1-888173-98-X; U.S.$16.95 (paperback)<br /> | <br /> : [[File:akadine-press-1999-the-white-company-sir-nigel.jpg|100px]]<br /> : &#039;&#039;&#039;The White Company &amp; Sir Nigel&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> : Arthur Conan Doyle<br /> : Pleasantville, NY: The Akadine Press<br /> : (Common Reader Edition), 1999; 618pp.<br /> : ISBN: 1-888173-90-4; U.S.$24.95 (paperback)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Reviewed by Christopher Roden&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> Two welcome reprints of [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]] material. [[Through the Magic Door]] is an everlasting [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]] classic, with biographical material just as interesting as material he included in [[Memories and Adventures]]. This reprint lifts the plates from the original edition, but does not include the illustrations. Nonetheless, it will be welcomed by many newcomers to [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]]&#039;s works who have been unable to lay in a copy of their own.<br /> <br /> The reprint of [[The White Company]] &amp; [[Sir Nigel]] is especially welcome, the more so for the highly enthusiastic introduction to the volume by George MacDonald Fraser. Fraser has long been known as a [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]] enthusiast, and his writing here serves to confirm the fact.<br /> <br /> Buy [[Through the Magic Door]] and [[The White Company]] as a pair from the Common Reader web site at &lt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20000511003025/http://www.commonreader.com/cgi-bin/rbox/ido.cgi/home.html www.commonreader.com]&gt;, and you will receive a 10% discount. The web site is well worth checking out for other [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]] titles, too.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{footer_acd_society_article}}<br /> {{footer_periodicals}}<br /> {{footer_review_articles}}</div>

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