Captain Sparkle, Pirate: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Captain Sparkle, Pirate, credited to Nicholas Carter, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Captain Sparkle, Pirate by Nicholas Carter. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". Nick is only visited by the rich and famous, and in this swashbuckling story, it is Nick's friend Maxwell Kane who asks for help, after his yacht has been boarded by pirates while at anchor. Max and his guests are discombobulated, but Nick will get to the bottom of the case.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Captain Sparkle, Pirate
• Author credits: Nicholas Carter
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 5:06:22

Catalogue topics

• pirates
• millionaire
• yacht

Track guide

1. 01 - Captain Sparkle, the Pirate Chief — 16:57
2. 02 - The Mystery of the Pirate Craft — 15:39
3. 03 - That Fellow Who Looks Like Me — 11:50
4. 04 - Nick’s Deductions — 14:40
5. 05 - The Mark of the Rover’s Keel — 11:37
6. 06 - Captain Sparkle's Second Victim — 12:04
7. 07 - Waiting for the Pirate’s Attack — 13:18
8. 08 - Boarding the PirateCruiser — 8:57
9. 09 - The Pirate Chieftan Unmasked — 12:12
10. 10 - Two Counts of Cadillac — 12:59
11. 11 - The Capture of the Pirate Chief — 10:45
12. 12 - The Fight in the Pirate’s Cabin — 9:38
13. 13 - The Rover of the Seas — 15:04
14. 14 - The Abduction of Bessie Harlan — 13:10
15. 15 - Nick Carter is the Man — 10:25
16. 16 - The Pirate’s Beautiful Captive — 16:29
17. 17 - The Time and the Hour! — 9:37
18. 18 - The Detective Sizes Up the Case — 14:01
19. 19 - Planning the Pirate's Capture — 12:05
20. 20 - A Weird Voice of the Night — 14:59
21. 21 - The Men Inside the Castle — 11:44
22. 22 - A Combat With the Rapiers — 10:34
23. 23 - The Summons at the Door — 13:00
24. 24 - The Duel in the Tower — 11:33

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