The Dealings Of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates (Illustrated)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer and physician. He was born on 22nd May 1859 and was died on 7th July 1930. He was renowned for his 'Sherlock Holmes Stories'.His famous work includes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Valley of Fear, The Mazarin Stone and His Last Bow etc.12 original short stories (including The Captain of the "Polestar"). This book contains 6 tales of pirates and 6 tales of blue waterI Captain Sharkey: How the Governor of Saint Kitt's Came HomeII The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen CraddockIII The Blighting of SharkeyIV How Copley Banks Slew Captain SharkeyV The "Slapping Sal"VI A Pirate of the Land (One Crowded Hour)VII The Striped ChestVIII The Captain of the "Polestar"IX The Fiend of the CooperageX Jelland's VoyageXI J. Habakuk Jephson's StatementXII That Little Square Box

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783736803039
Publisher:	BookRix
Publication date:	04/23/2014
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
Pages:	282
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885