The Last Galley by Arthur Conan Doyle (1910)

The Last Galley first appeared in the London Magazine in 1910. It is one of the stories in the collection 'Tales of Long Ago' published by John Murray in 1922.
To my mind (!) this is some of Doyle's finest writing: simple and sweeping, intelligent, profound.
I am enjoying these tales.
Narrated by Greg Wagland (me) for Magpie Audio.
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50 years ago I read the entire collection of Sherlock Holmes with a torch under the bed covers. Now I'm listening on my phone under the duvet 50 years later with the voices of the characters sounding exactly as I imagined them. Isn't life wonderful? And thank you!

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Well that was very wonderful Beautiful Voice Man! 😃

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We have missed you Greg! Thank you for doing what you do. You are brilliant!!

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flawlessly read, presented, executed as always.

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Thank you another delightful tid bit

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Glad you enjoyed it, Kim.

[@jaymacchione6558]

Greg, thanks yet again for another fantastic reading. Eagerly, I await the next masterpiece!

[@cynthiaholland13]

Another great reading from my favorite narrator on KZbin! Thank you so much

[@douglasladowski6342]

Doyle's writing and Gregs narrating equals winner!

[@JockDoubleday]

Greg, your reading is outstanding. You may know that a well-known actor, who shall here remain nameless, has been reading Sherlock Holmes tales for audio books. And he is failing spectacularly, forgetting his aim in the excitement of his actorly performances. I am unable to listen to a single minute of his overblown theatrical effusions. On the other hand, I've listened to endless readings you've done, and not for one word have you forgotten your aim, which is to read a tale with elocution and emotion.

[@alanhill5337]

Wondeful story. Many thanks.

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[@johneyon5257]

a good artist will produce a vast number of works in order to achieve something really special every once in a while - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had many special works of art - many very famous - but i wonder how many obscure ones - like THE LAST GALLEY - there are - it's a remarkably simple story - with a vividly poignant denoument - superbly read by Greg Wagland

[@patriciajrs46]

Awesome Greg. Thank you, Sir. Doyle is my favorite, I think. Well done as always.

[@berrybuena]

Thanks Greg! I miss your regular uploads but I understand you are doing podcasts now. When I make the transition I'll definitely find yours. 💚😅

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Lovely

[@fiftysomething7199]

Not one that I myself would have read, however, I was compelled to listen to your rendition. Thank you and well done.

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ACD + GW = UMB (Utter Masterful Brilliance)

[@johnbull8047]

This is surely Arthur Conan Doyle's warning to England against growing German naval power. Authors of his generation were very good at finding historical parallels.

[@big566bunny]

Hmmm, and yet who can fail to see the decay, degeneracy that the Carthaginians describe in the story pervading every country of the West. Far better if the two brother wars of the 20th century had never taken place. Yet I accept that the historical forces that lead to the rise of civilizations inevitably lead as well to their collapse.

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Hey, thanks for Balfour, Lusitania, and two world wars of contest between y’all and our German cousins, really. And now look: what a waste. I don’t like the painter, particularly. But he wasn’t wrong about too much happening today. Enjoy your third world immigrants.

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A cautionary tale with relevance even today...

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Greg, you motivated me to install Spotify on my phone and that is really something because I am trying to stay away from electronics. Are you going to post more of classic breakdowns? They are very amusing :) thank you for being you

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Beautifully read..my spine is still shivery! Sorry to nag, but where is Part 2 of Pride and Prejudice?

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[@djr1943]

What a wonderful story, well read and still a bit of history. Thank you very much!

[@salamyj]

Great to hear my country mentioned in the novel.

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You don't post videos as often as u used to. We, ur viewers want some more. Btw this one is awesome too.

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Getting older, slowing down! Will try, Joy

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[@TeenStoryTime]

Doyle was a master at the sinister yet brilliant and logical storyline. Thanks for uploading!

[@rzarco01]

Thank you very much for this absolutely wonderful piece of storytelling. Your expressive reading creates brilliant images and makes the undeniable truth of the last sentence ring out loud and clear!

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Mr Greg so good to hear you again how are you hope all is well across the pond!!

[@joeharoutunian1805]

I have to admit I was moved more by the Last Galley. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a story about the sad end of the Phoenicians, and this one brings the historical event to life. The end of those people and their great city has always shocked me. They were truly the ones who connected up the Mediterranean world including even England. But whichever story you read, you do them all justice. To reinvigorate Sherlock Holmes in such a rich fashion is a great accomplishment and his fans are the primary beneficiaries. I hope they all discover Magpie Audio.

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Cornish tin - and possibly fudge! Thanks Joe.

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He brings all his historical subject periods to vivid, turbulent life. Not only that, he poignantly awakens us to our own very precarious place in “the vicissitudes of History”.

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Thank you Greg, it's always a pleasure to hear a new audiobook from our favorite audio artist!

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Excellent. Well read.

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Another good storytelling thank you 💐👍

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Wonderfully read as always! Many thanks!

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Our politicians need to read this story

[@Frenchblue8]

Doyle's words, so coherent, sparing the reader nothing~ which is as it should be, of course~ as he describes the slave situation with all the sickening brutality that was what it really and authentically, was. I am not sure if he would have been critiqued ~I don't know if that's the right word, at the time ~for this, or perhaps book reviewers warned away 'dainty: ladies and sensitive others from these stories, due, perhaps, to such descriptions, I just don't know. We all know most women were only "dainty' because that's how they were socialized and conditioned although I'm sure some of them came by that more organically and probably still do. But in this day and age as was the case at that time, we have the choice to read or not to read. And let's hope we always will,. Amidst the American political extremist right burning up, nearly, in their efforts to literally whitewash the true history of slavery, at least as it applies to the United states, I am grateful for every word of Truth about what was actually our barely human legacy of oppression and the horrors of cruelty , so completely inhumane that one wonders who conceived of such things

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Good to hear you Greg. I hope all is well with you. 🙏🏼

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All good, thanks. Hope you're keeping well.

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Part of me wishes that great narrators should be more well known but part of me wants to keep them a secret, like they are reading just for me.

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Thank you again Greg. A perfect reading as usual. God bless :)

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Hello! Do you have an email address or somewhere where I can contact you?

[@big566bunny]

Vivid, poignant. I can see now why ACD wished to go beyond Sherlock Holmes. (Although I would still be pleased if somehow a lost collection of 10 SH stories were suddenly turn up.)

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Wonderful narration. History buffs such as myself salivate at such awesomeness

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Great reading.

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No one narrated ACD like Greg

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How odd. Report to KZbin, Karen?

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