The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales

About this book

Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales collects a spirited assortment of maritime adventures, romantic entanglements, and quietly unsettling mysteries, each rendered with the crisp prose and keen eye for character that made him famous. Whether following bold captains weathering storms and rivalries on deck, witnessing intimate moral reckonings ashore, or feeling the slow creep of uncanny suggestion in the margins, these stories combine brisk plotting with atmospheric detail and a surprising emotional range. Ideal for readers who relish classic sea narratives and Victorian storytelling that balances adventure, suspense, and human complexity without relying on the conveniences of modern genre tropes.