About this title: Peter Blood, a physician and English gentleman, turned pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels, Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. When he escapes, no ship sailing the Spanish Main is safe from Blood and his men.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2002-12-31
ISBN-13:9780142180105ISBN:0142180106
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Penguin Classics, 2002, 0.79 in. H x 7.56 in. L x 5.04 in. W, 9.1 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Special Notes on this book: faint creases on lower corners from handling Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2003-01-01
ISBN-13:9780142180105ISBN:0142180106
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780142180105. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780142180105ISBN:0142180106
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: AUTHORHOUSE
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781420929652ISBN:1420929658
Description: New. "Captain Blood" is the story of Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish physician who was once a sailor and a soldier. In the aftermath of the Monmouth rebellion, Dr. Blood is arrested for treason. While he did not actually participate in the rebellion, rather he... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group Usa
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780142180105ISBN:0142180106
Description: New. Peter Blood, a physician and English gentleman, turned pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels, Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. When he escapes, no ship sailing... read more
Binding: Paperback; Third Printing
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Date Published: 1967
Description: Illustrated by Len Goldberg. NF. Very small spot edge of pages else fine, uncreased wrap.; Mass Market PB; Cover art; 287 pages. read more
Description: Good. 0142180106 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"Pure escapist bosh and adolescent wish-fulfillment -- and, in a word, I loved it. So perhaps I'm too old for short pants, but there still beats inside of me a heart that responds to the call of adventure. In this, the first book I have read by Rafael Sabatini, I find a worthy predecessor to Bernard Cornwell, Cecelia Holland, and the other writers of historical fiction today.
This book is perhaps the definitive novel about piracy. Captain Peter Blood is more than a match for Jack Sparrow and his ilk. (Though Errol Flynn as Blood in the Warner Brothers film was inspired casting.)"
"It took a while to get used to the author's narrative style, but the story was amazing. The author, while trying to capture the style and tone of the time the story is set, stayed true to the axiom "when in doubt, make it harder on your characters". Every time I picked the book up to read, I was catapulted to John Blood's world. Highly recommended, yet keep a dictionary at hand to look up some of the stranger words that come along."
"Picked it up on a whim. I knew the character's name, but did not know the story. This is the very definition of a page-turner. Not mere pulp pirate fiction, you will find herein forays into morality, justice, redemption, and more, all while delivering all the excitement and action of Pirates of the Caribbean. If you don't know this one, you should."
"Damn! I love this book. I own a 1922 edition. I read it every seven or eight years. Wonderful swashbuckling story of Peter Blood, trained as a physician, he served as a sailor/soldier for nearly ten years before taking up the practice of medicine. Wrongly accused of being one of the Monmouth rebels in 1688, he's tried and sold into slavery, sent to the Jamaicas. Once there the Irishman and his mates escape the brutal, inhuman plantation owner, steal a Spanish pirate ship and sail the carribean under the black flag. Captain Blood becomes a gentleman pirate, a man without a country, longing for the respect of Arabella Bishop, the near angelic niece of his one-time "owner." Peter Blood is cunning, and bold, with a wonderful way of turning people's words against them.
The 1935 Errol Flynn movie was great. The book is even better. Sabatani is an exceptionally droll writer."
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