Captain Blood
Subtitle: His Odyssey
By: By Rafael Sabatini, Author of Scaramouche, The Sea Hawk, Etc.; Illustrated with Scenes from the Photoplay; A Vitagraph Production
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers
Published: August, 1922
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 378
Copyright date: 1922
Description: Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish physician, had a wide-ranging career as a sailor and as a soldier before settling down to practice medicine in the town of Bridgewater. The town begins to fight for the Duke of Manmouth, and though Peter wants no part in the rebellion, he tends to the wounded soldiers. Because of this, he is convicted of treason and sentenced to death by hanging. King James II, for purely financial reasons, decides to sell the criminals as slaves instead of killing them. After being sold, many of the men escape, steal a Spaniard ship, and sail away to become some of the most successful pirates/buccaneers of all time, hated and feared by the Spanish.
Notes: Includes publisher's catalog.