Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Project Gutenberg 2010
Number of pages: 256
Description:
When the great wars of the Spanish Succession had been brought to an end by the Treaty of Utrecht, the vast number of privateers which had been fitted out by the contending parties found their occupation gone. Some took to the more peaceful but less lucrative ways of ordinary commerce, others were absorbed into the fishing-fleets, and a few of the more reckless hoisted the Jolly Rodger at the mizzen and the bloody flag at the main, declaring a private war upon their own account against the whole human race.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books
The Disintegration Machineby Arthur Conan Doyle - Feedbooks
Professor Challenger is arguing with people who are calling him on the telephone when his friend Malone enters and requests Challenger accompany him to inspect the discovery of Theodore Nemor, who invented a machine capable of disintegrating objects.
(7940 views)
Tales of Terror and Mysteryby Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of tales that will make your spine tingle. The book is brimming with unexpected twists and surprises, it makes for compulsive reading. Doyle is the famous creator of extraordinaire detective Sherlock Holmes.
(16449 views)
The White Companyby Arthur Conan Doyle - Feedbooks
This novel is a historical adventure set during the Hundred Years' War. The story follows a young man as he leaves the shelter of an abbey in England and becomes involved with Edward, the Black Prince's campaign in Spain.
(12084 views)
The Crime of the Congoby Arthur Conan Doyle - Doubleday, Page & Company
Doyle documents the atrocities committed in the Congo Free State, the personal possession of Leopold II of Belgium. Thousands of native Africans were forced to labor on rubber plantations for the benefit of their colonial overlords.
(14387 views)