The Captain of the Pole-Star
Published on 5. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-80494-403-5 (ISBN)
Description
A classic ghost story illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist, Seth.When the Pole-Star is trapped in Arctic ice, its voyage comes to a halt and the lives of the crew are in danger. Superstition soon takes hold as the frightened men claim to hear ghosts in the darkness - but it's the captain's increasingly strange behaviour that concerns them the most.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 103 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
38 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80494-403-5 (9781804944035)
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Arthur Conan Doyle
The Captain of the Pole-Star
E-Book
10/2023
Penguin (Cornerstone)
€8.99
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Persons
Arthur Conan Doyle (Author)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).
Seth (Illustrator)
Seth's comic book series, Palookaville, has been collected into It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken and Clyde Fans. He is an illustrator for The New Yorker and the designer of best-selling The Complete Peanuts. His humorous graphic novel about the obsession for comic-book collecting, Wimbledon Green, was published by Cape in 2006.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).
Seth (Illustrator)
Seth's comic book series, Palookaville, has been collected into It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken and Clyde Fans. He is an illustrator for The New Yorker and the designer of best-selling The Complete Peanuts. His humorous graphic novel about the obsession for comic-book collecting, Wimbledon Green, was published by Cape in 2006.