Captain Blood - Paperback

by Rafael Sabatini (Author)

Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman, becomes a pirate after suffering a grave injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels--who were fighting the oppressive King James--Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. He escapes to Tortuga and becomes the leader of a colony of buccaneers. This is a classic swashbuckler filled with swordplay and adventure.

Author Biography

Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was an Italian/English writer of novels of romance and adventure.