Captain Blood (1922) - Rafael Sabatini

Category: Adults, Adventure, Classic, Historical Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: 1685 captive Dr Peter Blood Pirates

Written by Rafael Sabatini
Read by Simon Vance
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 96 Kbps
Unabridged

Captain Blood Series, Book 1
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Original release: 1999 Blackstone Audiobooks;
Release date: November 9, 2004
Duration: 10:49:39

In 1685, Irish physician Peter Blood is happily settled in a small English town when the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth interrupts. After saving the life of a wounded nobleman who turns out to be a rebel, Blood is charged with treason and sentenced to ten years as an indentured slave in the Caribbean colonies.

On the islands, Blood is recognized for his knowledge as a physician, and thus he develops a romance with a young lady. But their attachment is ill-fated, as her father is the owner of Blood’s servitude. When Spaniards attack the colony, Blood and his fellow convicts take advantage of their victory celebration to steal their ship, sailing off to become the boldest and most fearless pirates on the Spanish Main.

George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman novels, praises this hearty saga as “one of the great unrecognized novels of the 20th century.” Doctor Peter Blood’s quiet life is shattered when he is convicted of treason for helping a wounded nobleman in the 1685 rebellion against King James II.

He’s swept into a slave ship to Barbados but escapes from slavery and a brutal plantation owner during a Spanish Pirate attack. He becomes a pirate and before long becomes the greatest buccaneer of them all. Raids, sea battles, sword fights, acts of gallantry and low cunning follow, recounted with zest and skill by a natural-born storyteller.