The Chronicles of Captain Blood
By (Author) Raphael Sabatini
Vintage Publishing
Vintage Classics
2nd June 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Sea stories
Historical fiction
823.912
Paperback
228
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 13mm
161g
Hearty pirate adventure One-time doctor and fugitive from the Monmouth rebellion, Peter Blood escaped from slavery to become the terror of the Caribbean. Winning invaluable treasures, rescuing his crew from almost certain death and saving an English settlement are all in a day's work for fiction's boldest adventurer.
Mr. Sabatini is both a wonderfully fertile creator of exciting fiction and a stylist of distinction * Punch *
Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy in 1875 to an English mother and Italian father, both renowned opera singers. At a young age, Rafael travelled frequently, and could speak six languages fluently by the age of seventeen. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini turned to writing. He worked prolifically, writing short stories in the 1890s, with his first novel published in 1902. Scaramouche was published in 1921 to widespread acclaim, and was soon followed by the equally successful Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk. He died on February 13, 1950 in Switzerland.