The Captain of the Pole-Star
  • Published: 9 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804944035
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $21.00

The Captain of the Pole-Star

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From world-renowned and critically-acclaimed cartoonist Seth, comes this legendary ghost story - complete with brand-new spooky illustrations, this short story is the perfect seasonal gift!

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.
  • Published: 9 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804944035
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $21.00
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Arthur Conan Doyle

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).

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Seth

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.