Captain Blood: His Odyssey - Softcover

Sabatini, Rafael

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9781920265038: Captain Blood: His Odyssey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1920265031 ISBN 13: 9781920265038

Publisher: CRUGURU, 2008

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A high-seas adventure of the 17th century. Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish doctor, is wrongfully accused of treason in the aftermath of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685. He is sent to the island of Barbados in the Carribean to be sold into slavery. Blood eventually escapes with a number of other convict-slaves. He becomes a pirate and is driven by the urge to revenge his enslavement and to clear his name. Throughout his pirate days, he retains the same characteristics as before, such as honor, dignity, intelligence, and a quick wit.

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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

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