Publisher's Synopsis
Captain Blood His Odyssey is a classic adventure novel written by Rafael Sabatini. The story centers around the character of Peter Blood, a physician who is wrongly accused of treason and sold into slavery in the Caribbean. Blood becomes a pirate and leads a band of buccaneers in raids against Spanish ships. He also falls in love with Arabella Bishop, the niece of the governor of Jamaica, who is torn between her loyalty to her uncle and her feelings for Blood. The novel is full of action, romance, and intrigue, and is set against the backdrop of the 17th century Caribbean. It is a thrilling tale of adventure and daring, with a charismatic hero and a cast of colorful characters. Captain Blood His Odyssey is a must-read for fans of swashbuckling adventure and historical fiction.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.
