Captain Blood: His Odyssey (Gateway Movie Classics) - Softcover

Sabatini, Rafael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895263793 ISBN 13: 9780895263797

Publisher: Gateway Editions, 1998

Synopsis

The young physician Peter Blood, wrongly convicted of treason during the reign of King James II, is exiled from England and sold into slavery in Jamaica. He escapes and becomes a pirate. Later he returns to England, joining the Royal Navy in its efforts against France. Captain Blood, filmed in 1935, was Errol Flynn's first swashbuckler, his first pairing with Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone, and the film that made him a star. This is the only paperback edition in print.

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Review

Glorious . . . I never enjoyed a novel more than "Captain Blood". (Norman Mailer)

Glorious . . . I never enjoyed a novel more than

"Glorious...I never enjoyed a novel more than Captain Blood." Norman Mailer

"One of the great unrecognized novels of the twentieth century, and as close as any modern writer has come to a prose epic." George MacDonald Fraser"

"Glorious...I never enjoyed a novel more than Captain Blood." --Norman Mailer

"One of the great unrecognized novels of the twentieth century, and as close as any modern writer has come to a prose epic." --George MacDonald Fraser

About the Author

Rafael Sabatini was one of the most famous authors of his time. He was an Italian-cum-English writer who wrote mostly on adventure and romance fictions. Rafael was a master of many languages. When he only seventeen he was fluent in 5 major languages of Europe. At that he came to England where he mastered 6th language, English. He Chose to write his novels and literary pieces in English language. He wrote and published his first novel in 1902. And in 1921, his masterpiece Scaramouche brought him enormous fame and wealth by becoming an international bestseller. He kept working on writing new books and published approximately one book each year. He maintained his name and popularity with each of his creations following the great success of Scaramouche. Many of his novels were adapted into silent films and about three of his creations made into movies in the sound era. Some of his famous creations are: Scaramouche The Sea-Hawk The Black Swan Captain Blood Bardelys the Magnificent Bellarion the Fortunate The Reaping The Black Swan The Banner of the Bull Collection The Life of Cesare Borgia King In Prussia Venetian Masque

Edition details

• Publisher: Gateway Editions
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895263793
• ISBN 13: 9780895263797
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 369