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by Rafael Sabatini (Author) "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..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 354 pages
  • Publisher: House of Stratus; New Ed edition (30 Jun 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842328026
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842328026
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 394,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Captain Blood is the story of a physician and gentleman turned pirate. Peter Blood, wrongfully accused and sentenced to death, narrowly escapes his fate and finds himself in the company of buccaneers. Embarking on his new life with remarkable skill and bravery, Blood becomes the 'Robin Hood' of the Spanish seas.


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Rafael Sabatini was born to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. At age 17 Sabatini moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. His major breakthrough came with Scaramouche, which became an international bestseller and was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood. All his earlier books were then rushed into reprint. Many of his novels were subsequently adapted into classic films, which appealed to both a male and female market with their drama, romance and action, set against a variety of historical settings.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A sword's length behind The Three Musketeers, 26 Jul 2001
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"Captain Blood" is one of the prime contenders for the title of ultimate swashbuckler. It's got everything - pirates and blue water, duels, cruel slaveowners, vengeful Dons, a haughty heroine eventually won over by the dashing hero, and so forth: exactly what George MacDonald Fraser so affectionately and brilliantly lampooned in "The Pyrates". Some points grated a bit - my Jacobite sentiments go against Blood's Whiggery, and modern sensibilities won't like the occasional racism (mild by the standards of its day). If anything appears hackneyed, however, it's because so many people have copied Sabatini (and he reused some of the themes himself). Never mind all this, though: if the basic test of a book is whether it can keep you turning the pages, this one passes with flying colours.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Brilliant Book, 28 Feb 2005
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This review is from: Captain Blood (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
Captin Blood is a brilliant book!! I could not put it down. A Doctor whos is sent into slavery for treason he did not commit, becomes a pirate and spreads destruction and despair amoung the Spanish. Yet he manages to retain his honour! It is a great tale.

There is only a small problem that I had with this book and that is that Raphael Sabatini gets a bit lost i.e. he seems to get a bit muddled in his exitment. This is in the chapter "Tortuga" and last for about three pages. However it is very easy to skip these and pick up the story since nothing major happens in that bit. That aside this book is a true masterpiece and you should but it, you wont regret it

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Here's a tale that helped define a genre, 22 Jun 2005
By Kara Ortiez (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS and THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO may have started the swashbuckling but with CAPTAIN BLOOD Rafael Sabatini launched it into the twentieth century with a melodramatic flourish and more sea battles than you can shake a peg-leg at. In Peter Blood, he gives us a brooding but honourable hero; a wronged man who takes to piracy because the only other choice is slavery.

Every ingredient you'd expect in a tale of piracy is present and correct; there are pieces of eight and ferocious sword fights; double-crosses and romance; and, of course, there's the triumph of good over evil. Sabatini breezes through the plot - sometimes far too quickly and often without fleshing out his characters sufficiently - and injects it with enough zest to keep you awake until the early hours. But it's the sea battles that mark this out as something special; you can practically hear the timbers creaking, the rigging humming and the cannons booming. It's exhilarating stuff and has you breathlessly turning the pages as thrill follows thrill.

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