Captain Blood: A Radio Dramatization (Audiobook)

from penelopemarzec

Peter Blood, forced into piracy, never abandons his sense of honor. Pining for the unattainable and beautiful Arabella, he names his ship after her and paints it red. With an amazing gift for strategy, he leads his buccaneers to victory despite overwhelmingly poor odds. Every chapter was a deligh...

from VicNoirReader

Chronicling the adventures in life and love of a gentleman pirate, Rafael Sabatini not only documents the Monmouth Rebellion in this piece of historical fiction, he also tackles issues of feminism, disillusionment with politics and religion, issues between nations, questioning corrupt officials, ...

from penelopemarzec

Peter Blood, forced into piracy, never abandons his sense of honor. Pining for the unattainable and beautiful Arabella, he names his ship after her and paints it red. With an amazing gift for strategy, he leads his buccaneers to victory despite overwhelmingly poor odds. Every chapter was a deligh...

from clif_hiker

this story, along with Treasure Island sets the standard for Caribbean pirate stories... establishes the role-types for the swashbuckling handsome pirate captain, and the villainous stupid governor/admiral/general who always has a beautiful daughter who falls for the pirate captain... loads of fu...

from kalyka

Written in 1922, Captain Blood is truly a classic adventure story. We meet Dr. Peter Blood as he is tending to his garden on the very morning of the Battle of Sedgemoor. Wanting no part in the rebellion taking place, he nonetheless tends to the wounded, and is promptly arrested. During his trial,...