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Captain Blood His Odyssey

Captain Blood His Odyssey

Sabatini, Rafael

Hardcover

Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1432622099
ISBN13: 9781432622091
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jul 26 2004
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.83
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Captain Blood His Odyssey is an adventure novel written by Rafael Sabatini. The story follows the life of a young doctor named Peter Blood who is wrongfully accused of treason and sentenced to slavery in the Caribbean. Blood is purchased by a wealthy plantation owner and eventually escapes with a group of fellow slaves, becoming a pirate in the process. As a pirate, Blood becomes known for his cunning and bravery, leading his crew on daring raids and battles against the Spanish fleet. Along the way, he falls in love with the beautiful Arabella Bishop, the niece of the governor of Jamaica. The novel is set against the backdrop of the 17th century Caribbean, a time of political turmoil and piracy. Sabatini's writing is rich in historical detail and vivid descriptions of sea battles, making the book a thrilling adventure story. Captain Blood His Odyssey has been adapted into several films and inspired countless works of fiction, cementing its place as a classic of the adventure genre.1924. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of century of hard work before he attained success with Scaramouche in 1921. This brilliant novel of the French Revolution became an international bestseller. It was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood in 1922. A prolific writer, he produced about a book a year. Captain Blood, the quintessential pirate tale begins: Peter Blood, bachelor of medicine and several other things besides, smoked a pipe and tended the geraniums boxed on the sill of his window above Water Lane in the town of Bridgewater. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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