Captain Blood
Captain Blood
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Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
A man wrongly punished for treason escapes from slavery in the West Indies to become a savvy pirate, yet he longs for the plantation owner's niece.
Sabatini, Raphael: - Rafael Sabatini, creator of some of the world s best-loved heroes, was born in Italy in 1875 to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. He was educated in Portugal and Switzerland, but at seventeen moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. Fluent in a total of five languages, he nonetheless chose to write in English, claiming that all the best stories are written in [that language] . His writing career was launched with a collection of short stories, followed by several novels. Fame, however, came with Scaramouche, the much-loved story of the French Revolution, which became an international bestseller. Captain Blood followed soon after, which resulted in a renewed enthusiasm for his earlier work which were rushed into reprint. For many years a prolific writer, he was forced to abandon writing in the 1940 s through illness and eventually died in 1950. Sabatini is best remembered for his heroic characters and high-spirited novels, many of which have been adapted into classic films, including Scaramouche, Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk. They appeal to both a male and female audience with drama, romance and action, all placed in historical settings. It was once stated in the Daily Telegraph that one wonders if there is another storyteller so adroit at filling his pages with intrigue and counter-intrigue, with danger threaded with romance, with a background of lavish colour, of silks and velvets, of swords and jewels.
SKU | Unavailable |
ISBN 13 | 9780393323290 |
ISBN 10 | 0393323293 |
Title | Captain Blood |
Author | Rafael Sabatini |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
Year published | 2002-07-01 |
Number of pages | 384 |
Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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