The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
by Gideon Defoe
In 1837 Defoe’s pirates are stuck in the doldrums until an unlikely adventure presents itself in the form of HMS Beagle. A chance encounter with the young Charles Darwin – embarked upon the voyage of discovery that will one day make him famous – leads the Captain and his rag-tag crew from the exotic Galapagos Islands to the fog filled streets of Victorian London, where they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, a diabolical Bishop, the Elephant Man, and have an exciting trip to the zoo.