Tales of the High Seas (1897-1911)


A Pirate’s Life for Me!

Arthur Conan Doyle…so prolific…his broad range of topics span from famous private detectives to the mysteries of the paranormal to…pirates… 

Captain Sharkey…or Tales of the High Seas, was a series of serials published by Doyle in 1897, with a final story appearing in 1911.  When you’re reading this you feel the adventure...they spray on your face...sort of like riding Disneyland's The Pirates of the Caribbean for the first time...and you wonder why you’ve never discovered this gem?  Until now…

Here are the first editions of the stories as they appeared in Pearson’s Magazine…complete with the illustrations, which is surprisingly historically correct...when it comes to the dress of pirates in the early 18th century.