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Captain Blood

  • 356 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1922
  • 36 editions
  • Free to read

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1 About this book

[The story of the famous fictional surgeon-turned-pirate, Dr. Peter Blood. What's interesting -- besides the thunderingly well told adventure story -- is that much of the historical background is based on fact.]

Good for readers who want: historical fiction, adventure, pirates, and a book they can read free online.

  • Historical fiction
  • Adventure
  • Naval History
  • Caribbean area
  • Pirates
  • Physicians
  • Sea stories
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3 About Rafael Sabatini

1875–1950

Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk (1915), Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (a.k.a. Captain Blood: His Odyssey) (1922), and Bellarion the Fortunate (1926). Several of his novels have been made into films, both silent and sound.

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