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A Point of Contact

Arthur Conan Doyle

First published October 1922
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

During the Trojan War, a Greek by chance encounters "David, second King of the Hebrews" and listens skeptically as a priestess of Ashtaroth prophecies that the one God of the Hebrews will be the God of a people who will dominate the world from "beyond the Pillars of Hercules."

First published in the Hearst's International Sep 1922, September 1922.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1922 The Story-teller, October 1922 Cassell & Company MAGAZINE 19
November 1922 Cover Tales of Long Ago John Murray Collection |12
1925 Cover The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago George H. Doran Collection |12
June 1929 Cover The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
October 1939 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
December 1940 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
December 1945 Cover The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection 1195
March 1949 Cover The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
August 1951 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
November 1956 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
August 1960 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection 1195