Captain Blood His Odyssey
- Indbinding:
- Hardback
- Sideantal:
- 454
- Udgivet:
- 10. september 2010
- Størrelse:
- 152x229x29 mm.
- Vægt:
- 835 g.
- 2-3 uger.
- 12. december 2024
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Beskrivelse af Captain Blood His Odyssey
Captain Blood His Odyssey is a classic adventure novel written by Rafael Sabatini. The story follows the life of Peter Blood, a young Irish physician who is falsely accused of treason and sold into slavery. He is purchased by a wealthy plantation owner in Barbados, where he becomes a skilled pirate and captain of his own ship.Throughout the book, Peter Blood navigates the treacherous waters of the Caribbean, battling other pirates, Spanish galleons, and the British navy. He also falls in love with the plantation owner's niece, Arabella, and must navigate their complicated relationship.As Peter Blood rises through the ranks of the pirate world, he becomes embroiled in a political conspiracy that could change the course of history. He must use all his wit and cunning to outsmart his enemies and protect his crew.Captain Blood His Odyssey is a thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and intrigue set against the backdrop of the Golden Age of Piracy. Sabatini's vivid descriptions of the Caribbean and its inhabitants bring the story to life, and his complex characters keep readers engaged from beginning to end. This book is a must-read for fans of historical fiction, adventure stories, and pirate tales.1924. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of century of hard work before he attained success with Scaramouche in 1921. This brilliant novel of the French Revolution became an international bestseller. It was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood in 1922. A prolific writer, he produced about a book a year. Captain Blood, the quintessential pirate tale begins: Peter Blood, bachelor of medicine and several other things besides, smoked a pipe and tended the geraniums boxed on the sill of his window above Water Lane in the town of Bridgewater. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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