About this title: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE MOSSE. Wrongfully arrested following the Monmouth rebellion of 1685, Peter Blood, country physician and former soldier, escapes the hangman's noose only to be exiled to the tropical colonies. Sold into slavery to a cruel plantation owner, his moral fortitude and medical ability soon earn him the favour of the island's governor, and the attentions of Arabella, his master's niece. When the town is attacked by marauding Spanish buccaneers, Blood springs to the rescue, and with a motley yet loyal band of shipmates escapes to begin a life of noble piracy and adventure ...
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Description: Very Good. VERY GOOD condition. Color illustrated cover wrap and front endpapers. Clean and unmarked; minimal wear. A nice copy. read more
Description: Good. 0553027255 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week ... read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Blakiston
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. Hardcover. Modest wear. Pages tanned, clean and unmarked. Front two end pages are missing top half of page. Binding tight. No dust jacket. Cover has spots on it. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Education Ltd
Date Published: 1965-01-01
ISBN-13:9780333037287ISBN:0333037286
Description: Good. Abridged, for students of English, junior readers. Ex-library book, with clean pages, library stamps and stickers. Ships first class. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780393323290ISBN:0393323293
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Near Fine copy with only the very slightest of edge/shelf wear. Otherwise, a perfect copy with no writing, underlining, names, or marks. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. Introduction by Bernard Cornwell. A story of treason and slavery in the West Indies, and piracy on the High Seas. A riveting and thrilling sea-faring adventure. Later made into a movie starring Errol Flynn. 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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