num_pages: 256
description: During the tumultuous reign of James II, Englishman Peter Blood, a gentleman-physician barely escapes the gallows after his arrest for treating a wounded rebel. Sentenced to ten years of slavery on a Barbados plantation, Blood escapes from captivity and boldly embarks on a career as a pirate, never losing sight of his goals of clearing his name and returning to England.A rollicking tale of piracy on a grand scale, accented with breathtaking maritime maneuvers, near misses, and broadside hits, Sabatini’s fast-paced novel is alive with color, romance, and excitement. A swashbuckling classic that brims with stolen treasure and adventure on the high seas, Captain Blood quickly became a best-seller soon after it was first published in 1922."A salty dose of high-seas adventure for all fiction collections."— Library Journal"Captain Blood is the very beau ideal of a pirate."— The New York Times Book Review"Glorious. I never enjoyed a novel more."—Norman Mailer
language: English
title: Captain Blood
titlecomplete: Captain Blood
characters: Dr. Peter Blood
genres: Fiction, Historical, Action, Adventure, Swashbuckling, Romance, Literature, Pirates, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 16258
places: Barbados, Caribbean Islands
series: Captain Blood
publisher: Dover Publications