The Voyage of Copley Banks is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Pearson's Magazine in may 1897. 3rd story of the Captain Sharkey saga.Copley Banks, of Kingston, had been one of the leading sugar merchants of the West Indies. The pirate John Sharkey killed his wife and two children when they were sailing from England. Since then Banks is gathering information to locate Sharkey. Two years after his misfortunes, he decides to prepare the brig Ruffling Harry for a slaving venture to Whydah in Africa. However, the ship is heavily armed like a warship rather than a merchant. And he hires the scum of the port, instead of the usual sailors from the firm. After the departure Copley Banks reveals his plans to the crew. He explains that he chooses the pirate's life. Among the 46 men only 4 decide to return to the port. After a year of piracy Copley Banks becomes as famous as Sharkey. And one day in Cuba they both meet while careening their boats. They become good friends and sunked ships together for a long while. Sharkey knew nothing of the evil that he had done to his new boon companion. One day, in the captain's cabin Banks and Sharkey are alone face to face. Banks tells him the story of his murdered wife and sons and captures Sharkey. He ties him securely around a powder barrel and lit a slow powder line while he leaves the boat. From the shore he sees the boat exploding with all his captain and crew.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Literary Classics
Length26 mins
Narrated byPeter Coates
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 11, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Voyage Of Copley Banks - Opening credits
2The Voyage Of Copley Banks
3The Voyage Of Copley Banks - Closing credits
About the author
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle wurde am 22.5.1859 in Edinburgh/Schottland geboren. Sein Vater stammte aus einer aristokratischen irischen Familie. Doyle studierte an der Universität Edinburgh Medizin. Um sein Studium finanzieren zu können, begann er 1879 mit der Schriftstellerei. 1885 wurde ihm der Doktortitel verliehen. Es ist naheliegend, das Doyle als praktischer Arzt und Mediziner in der fiktiven Figur des Doktor Watson sein Alter Ego erschuf.View all by Arthur Conan Doyle
