„Memories and Adventures” is an autobiography written by Arthur Conan Doyle published in The Strand Magazine from october 1923 to july 1924. It was later published in book form by „Hodder & Stoughton Ltd”. on 18 september 1924. „I have had a life which, for variety and romance, could, I think, hardly be exceeded. I have known what it was to be a poor man and I have known what it was to be fairly affluent....
Hawthorne in his Wonder Book has described the beautiful Greek myths and traditions, but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep. Although they are a part of the mythical period of American history, these hazy legends were altogether disdained by the earlier historians; indeed, George Bancroft made it...
Przez prawie dwa tysiące lat Celtowie stanowili jedną z głównych grup ludów indoeuropejskich kształtujących kulturowe, etniczne i polityczne oblicze Europy. W pierwszym tysiącleciu przed naszą erą z pierwotnych siedzib w dorzeczu górnego Dunaju rozprzestrzeniali się niemal we wszystkich kierunkach, tak iż wpływ ich i osadnictwo sięgnęły z jednej strony Wysp Brytyjskich i Półwyspu Iberyjskiego, z drugiej...
