Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini (9780486436548)

Description - Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini

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 as a pirate, never losing sight of his goals of clearing his name and returning to England.A rollicking tale of piracy on a grand scale, accented with breathtaking maritime maneuvers, near misses, and broadside hits, Sabatini's fast-paced novel is alive with colour, romance, and excitement. A swashbuckling classic that brims with stolen treasure and adventure on the high seas, Captain Blood quickly became a best-seller soon after it was first published in 1922.""A salty dose of high-seas adventure for all fiction collections."" Library Journal""Captain Blood is the very beau ideal of a pirate."" The New York Times Book Review ""Glorious. I never enjoyed a novel more."" Norman Mailer

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