Further adventures from the much-loved Captain Blood, the 'Robin Hood' of the Spanish Seas. In his latest exploits, The Chronicles of Captain Blood takes him to new adventures with as much excitement and swashbuckling adventure as ever before. Winning invaluable treasures, rescuing his crew from almost certain death and saving an English settlement are all in a day's work for this remarkable hero of land and sea.
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Rafael Sabatini was born to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. At seventeen Sabatini moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. His major breakthrough came with Scaramouche, which became an international bestseller and was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood. All his earlier books were then rushed into reprint. Many of his novels were subsequently adapted into classic films which appealed to both a male and female market with their drama, romance and action, set against a variety of historical settings. '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' - Daily Telegraph
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The good news is that this is Raphael Sabatini, the king of swashbucklers, operating near his peak with his most famous character, Doctor and Captain Peter Blood. The bad news is that this is the same text as "Captain Blood Returns" so there are still only three volumes of Captain Blood stories. (I had hopes.)
If you enjoy derring-do on the high seas, or an Errol Flynn movie, buy this book immediately. However, if you haven't already read "Captain Blood His Odyssey" buy that at the same time, and read it first. In fact, while you're at it, order "The Fortunes of Captain Blood." You're going to want it too. The critical bit is that "Captain Blood, His Odyssey" both begins and ends the story of Captain Peter Blood. When Sabatini returned to the character for "Returns/Chronicle" and "Fortunes" he wrote between the chapters of the original novel, deepening the story, if you will, but not changing the original end point. But they each one return us to the wonderful world of the Spanish Main c. 1687--at least fictionally, a world of brave and elegant men, and women worth taking a few chances for. If you've read Sabatini before, he doesn't get much better than this. If you haven't read him, you're in for a treat.
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If you like pirates...,
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... you will love Captain Blood! First read Captain Blood. Then read The Chronicles of Captain Blood (also knows as Captain Blood Returns -- yes this is the same book). Then read The Fortunes of Captain Blood. Your life will never be the same!
This book is divided up into numerous short stories about the adventures previously mentioned in Captain Blood but never described. Captain Blood is a fascinating, clever, adventurous, physician-turned-pirate who does not fall in love with every female he meets. He can make a heavy black periwig attractive! You have not lived until you read the Captain Blood series!
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Captain Blood, Don Pedro, Cinco Llagas, Don Juan, Don Jayme, Captain Easterling, Brazo Largo, Santa Barbara, Peter Blood, Don Domingo, Doņa Hernanda, Santa Maria, Colonel Courtney, Colonel de Coulevain, Madame de Coulevain, Don Miguel, Captain Tondeur, Porto Rico, Captain Macartney, Captain Pike, Monsieur de Mercoeur, Monsieur Pitt, Spanish Admiral, Jeremy Pitt, Don Ildefonso Browse Sample Pages:
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black periwig, twenty thousand pieces, fifty thousand pieces, great cabin, ebony cane Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Captain Blood, Don Pedro, Cinco Llagas, Don Juan, Don Jayme, Captain Easterling, Brazo Largo, Santa Barbara, Peter Blood, Don Domingo, Doņa Hernanda, Santa Maria, Colonel Courtney, Colonel de Coulevain, Madame de Coulevain, Don Miguel, Captain Tondeur, Porto Rico, Captain Macartney, Captain Pike, Monsieur de Mercoeur, Monsieur Pitt, Spanish Admiral, Jeremy Pitt, Don Ildefonso Browse Sample Pages:
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