Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This volume contains twelve of author's best short stories like "The Last of the Legions," "Through the Veil" and "The Coming of the Huns," set in the early centuries of civilization up to the first millennium.