The Shadow of Great Britain
The Shadow of Great Britain
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SUMMARY
“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)
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Chapter List
- Chapter 1 Arthur Hastings
- Chapter 2 - 1 Arthur Hastings_2
- Chapter 3 - 2 A New Opportunity
- Chapter 4 - 2 A New Opportunity_2
- Chapter 5 - 3 Piercing Scotland Yard
- Chapter 6 - 4 What is Hell
- Chapter 7 - 5 Tricky Case
- Chapter 8 - 6 In the Name of the Devil
- Chapter 9 - 7 Agares’s Trick
- Chapter 10 - 8 The Seeds of Doubt
- Chapter 11 - 9 The Show Begins
- Chapter 12 - 10 The Strongest Sound from Scotland Yard
- Chapter 13 - 10 The Strongest Voice from Scotland Yard_2
- Chapter 14 - 11 Bribery Election Storm
- Chapter 15 - 12 The Mysterious Gentleman
- Chapter 16 - 13 Another Arthur
- Chapter 17 - 14 Famous Quotes
- Chapter 18 - 15 In the Distant Past and Future
- Chapter 19 - 16 The Assessment System of the Royal Navy
- Chapter 20 - 17 The True Literary Giant
- Chapter 21 - 18 Navy Department Orders
- Chapter 22 - 19 Fight Fire with Fire
- Chapter 23 - 20 The Taste of Betrayal
- Chapter 24 - 21 Knight’s Charge
- Chapter 25 - 22 Farewell Moment
- Chapter 26 - 23 Fantastical Reality
- Chapter 27 - 24 The Value of Life
- Chapter 28 - 25 Behind-the-Scenes Deal
- Chapter 29 - 26 Performance on the River
- Chapter 30 - 27 Beagle
- Chapter 31 - 28 It’s all nonsense
- Chapter 32 - 29 St Giles Church
- Chapter 33 - 30 Dickens’s Social Investigation
- Chapter 34 - 31 The Absolutely Neutral Agent of Chaos
- Chapter 35 - 32 The Devil’s Murmur
- Chapter 36 - 33 Arthur Hastings Principles
- Chapter 37 - 34 Yes Sir!
- Chapter 38 Postscript
- Chapter 39 - 1 King Arthur’s Round Table Knights
- Chapter 40 - 2 The Donkey Problem in the House of Commons and House of Lords
- Chapter 41 - 3 The Navy’s Smuggling Problem
- Chapter 42 - 4 The Difference Between Humans and Monkeys
- Chapter 43 - 5 Two Royals
- Chapter 44 - 6 Adam’s Ultimate Fate
- Chapter 45 - 7 The Strange Priest
- Chapter 46 - 8 The Pitiful Person
- Chapter 47 - 9 The Royal Society Lecture
- Chapter 48 - 10 Oxford Gentleman
- Chapter 49 - 11 Electromagnetic Induction
- Chapter 50 - 12 Things Went Bad
- Chapter 51 - 13 The Duke Summons
- Chapter 52 - 14 The Duke’s Investigation Commission
- Chapter 53 - 14 Duke’s Investigation Commission_2
- Chapter 54 - 15 Locked Up
- Chapter 55 - 16 Conversation in the Detention Room
- Chapter 56 - 17 Orphan of the Fog City
- Chapter 57 - 18 Robin Hood Robin Hood open the door
- Chapter 58 - 19 Fagin’s Intelligence
- Chapter 59 - 20 A Baffling Case
- Chapter 60 - 21 The Clever Adam’s Robin
- Chapter 61 - 22 Mr
- Chapter 62 - 23 The Great Detective Hastings
- Chapter 63 - 24 Study of Gases
- Chapter 64 - 25 Scotland Yard’s Case Handling Principles
- Chapter 65 - 26 At the Crossroads of Storm
- Chapter 66 - 27 Faraday’s Enthusiastic Advice
- Chapter 67 - 28 Darkness and Light
- Chapter 68 - 29 Arthur’s Redemption and Hell
- Chapter 69 - 30 Wellington and Peel’s Calculations
- Chapter 70 - 31 Special Authorization
- Chapter 71 - 32 Target of All Arrows
- Chapter 72 - 33 Where is Fred
- Chapter 73 - 34 Storm in the City
- Chapter 74 - 35 Utilitarianism
- Chapter 75 - 36 Education at the University of London
- Chapter 76 - 37 Bentham’s Revelation
- Chapter 77 - 38 The Journey to the Funeral
- Chapter 78 - 39 Who Killed the Mockingbird
- Chapter 79 Shelf Remarks
- Chapter 80 - 40 The World’s Malice and Goodwill