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Peter Blood is a physician and an English gentleman who becomes a pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels who were fighting the oppressive King James, Blood flees England and becomes enslaved on a Barbados... Read Full Overview

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini is an action-packed swashbuckling adventure novel set in the 17th century Caribbean. Follow the story of Doctor Peter Blood, a physician who is wrongfully convicted and sold into slavery. After escaping, Blood takes to the high seas and leads... Read Full Overview

"Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini is a swashbuckling adventure novel set in the 17th century, which follows the exploits of Dr. Peter Blood, a former Irish physician turned pirate. The novel opens with Blood living a quiet life in Bridgewater, England, until he is unjustly convicted... Read Full Overview

Rafael Sabatini's classic globe-trotting and swashbuckling adventure. Set in colonial times, "Captain Blood" tells of the adventures of Dr. Peter Blood, a skilled physician who is convicted of treason for treating a wounded rebel. Sentenced to transportation and slavery in Jamaica,... Read Full Overview

"Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini is a swashbuckling adventure novel set in the 17th century, which follows the exploits of Dr. Peter Blood, a former Irish physician turned pirate. The novel opens with Blood living a quiet life in Bridgewater, England, until he is unjustly convicted... Read Full Overview

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini is a swashbuckling historical adventure that transports readers to the tumultuous seas of the 17th century Caribbean. This timeless classic, first published in 1922, weaves a gripping tale of romance, daring exploits, and unyielding quest for... Read Full Overview

During the tumultuous reign of James II, Englishman Peter Blood, a gentleman-physician barely escapes the gallows after his arrest for treating a wounded rebel. Sentenced to ten years of slavery on a Barbados plantation, Blood escapes from captivity and boldly embarks on a career... Read Full Overview

The protagonist is the sharp-witted Dr. Peter Blood, a fictional Irish physician who had had a wide-ranging career as a soldier and sailor (including a commission as a captain under the Dutch admiral De Ruyter) before settling down to practice medicine in the town of Bridgwater... Read Full Overview

First published in 1922, "Captain Blood" is an entertaining tale of pirates by Rafael Sabatini, the Italian-English author of adventure and romance novels. "Captain Blood" tells the story of Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish physician who had traded his past life as a sailor and a... Read Full Overview

Captain Blood is the story of Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish physician who was once a sailor and a soldier. In the aftermath of the Monmouth rebellion, Dr. Blood is arrested for treason. While he did not actually participate in the rebellion, rather he aids a wounded rebel,... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

Captain Blood: His Odyssey is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini.

Peter Blood, an Irish physician and soldier in England in the 1680's, is wrongly convicted of treason and sentenced to indentured slavery in the Caribbean. He escapes and becomes the most feared... Read Full Overview

A man wrongly punished for treason escapes from slavery in the West Indies to become a savvy pirate, yet he longs for the plantation owner's niece.

Captain Blood: His Odyssey is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1922.

Sabatini was a proponent of basing historical fiction as closely as possible on history. Although Blood is a fictional character, much of the historical background... Read Full Overview