The incongruity continues throughout the novel as Peter Blood, gentleman doctor, is thrust into a considerably different role.Īll told, however, he'd rather be enjoying the quiet life. The first scene has Peter Blood smoking a pipe and tending his geraniums in the quiet town of Bridgewater. The title - Captain Blood - already bodes well, but for a pirate-yarn the tale begins in unlikely fashion. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole.
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"Captain Blood is the very beau ideal of a pirate." - The New York Times Book Review. Captain Blood was filmed in 1935 by Michael Curtiz, with Erroll Flynn in the title role, Olivia de Havilland as Arabella, and Basil Rathbone as Captain Levasseur. Captain Blood was filmed in 1924 by David Smith, with J. The entire text of Captain Blood can be found online, including here and at Project Gutenberg. 
The US edition (from The Akadine Press) includes an Introduction by George MacDonald Fraser. General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Soon he encounters romantic inspiration, conflict, injustice, and ultimately finds himself in charge of an armada of pirate ships of various flags and national alliances, becoming the famous and invincible Captain Blood, the most honorable and remarkable buccaneer throughout the South Seas.Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. Peter Blood, an honest man of true character and a humane doctor, is wrongfully imprisoned for treason under the laws of King James, and deported from Britain to a tropical colony at Bridgetown where he is sold as a slave at auction. Rafael Sabatini - Captain Blood: His OdysseyĬaptain Blood: His Odyssey (1922) by Rafael Sabatini is just possibly the novel that gave rise to the modern definition of a gentleman pirate.
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