Captain Blood: His OdysseyShort Description: Peter Blood, an Irish physician and soldier in England in the 1680's, is wrongly convicted of treason and sentenced to indentured slavery in the Caribbean. He escapes and becomes the most feared pirate captain on the Spanish Main, but all the glory of his adventures cannot help him, for the woman he loves cannot love a "thief and pirate." Even when he destroys England's enemies, even at his most triumphant...but wait! What's that... Long Description: Peter Blood, an Irish physician and former soldier is happily settled, in the 1680's, as the doctor in an English town, when the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth catches him by accident. He saves a man's life, as a doctor must try to do, but the man is a rebel and the hanging Judge Jeffreys sentences him to ten years as an indentured slave in the Caribbean colonies. Once there, his knowledge as a physician is recognized, and thus he meets and falls in love with the daughter of the man who own his servitude; not likely to be a successful love story! A Spanish ship attacks the town, and while the Spaniards celebrate their victory he boldly steals their ship, and he and his fellow convicts sail off to become the boldest and most fearless of pirates among the islands and on the Spanish Main. But all the glory of his adventures cannot help him, for the woman he loves cannot love a "thief and pirate." Even when he destroys England's enemies, even at his most triumphant...but wait! Is that... The classic novel of adventure and romance, and one of Sabatini's best. |
Contents
THE MESSENGER | 1 |
KIRKES DRAGOONS | 10 |
THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE | 19 |
HUMAN MERCHANDISE | 33 |
ARABELLA BISHOP | 41 |
PLANS OF ESCAPE | 55 |
PIRATES | 72 |
SPANIARDS | 83 |
THE MILAGROSA | 190 |
THE MEETING | 204 |
THIEF AND PIRATE | 216 |
THE SERVICE OF KING JAMES | 228 |
HOSTILITIES | 242 |
HOSTAGES | 251 |
WAR | 264 |
THE SERVICE OF KING LOUIS | 278 |
THE REBELSCONVICT | 90 |
DON DIEGO | 103 |
FILIAL PIETY | 110 |
DON PEDRO SANGRE | 123 |
TORTUGA | 130 |
LEVASSEURS HEROICS | 139 |
THE RANSOM | 149 |
THE TRAP | 162 |
THE DUPES | 175 |
M DE RIVAROL | 288 |
CARTAGENA | 301 |
THE HONOUR OF M DE RIVAROL | 311 |
THE SERVICE OF KING WILLIAM | 319 |
THE LAST FIGHT OF THE ARABELLA | 325 |
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR | 332 |
SUGGESTED READING | 341 |
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