The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates
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This is an enjoyable themed collection of twelve short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. With some stretch of the category, the stories, in general, are about pirates and other unpleasantries or mysteries on the high seas. The first four tales in the collection involve the fictional adventures, wicked actions and eventual end of the abominable Captain John Sharkey, dreadful master of the 20-gun pirate barque, Happy Delivery, and scourge of the Caribbean and North Atlantic in the early 18th century. All of the Captain Sharkey tales are well written pieces with compact plots and a sprinkling of surprises.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. He trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University and eventually set up a medical practice in Southsea. During the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing, producing historical novels such as Micah Clarke and adventure yarns including The Lost World, as well as four novels and fifty-six stories involving his most celebrated creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Doyle was knighted in 1902. In later life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writing and celebrity as a means of providing funds to support activities in this field. He died in 1930.
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