The Odyssey of Captain Blood
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English and Italian writer Rafael Sabatini is known for his adventure novels, in which the dynamism and vividness of the artistic image is closely intertwined with the real historical background. "The Odyssey of Captain Blood" - one of the most exciting novels about pirates: on every page noises salty sea wind, rumbling cannons and ringing boarding swords. Physician Peter Blood, an Irishman by birth, had the indiscretion to provide medical care to a wounded member of the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion against King James II of England. For his mercy Blood was numbered among the rebels and, having miraculously escaped the death penalty, was sent to the plantations on the island of Barbados, where he was enslaved by the cruel Colonel Bishop. Blood's medical skill provides him with tolerable living conditions, but he cannot bear to see the suffering of his fellow convicts. Finally, a handful of convicts decide to escape. After capturing a Spanish ship and surviving many adventures, the fugitives find themselves on the island of Tortuga, in the citadel of the Brotherhood of the Coast. Henceforth, the captured frigate bears the name of the beautiful Arabella, Bishop's niece, and Blood turns into the most daring, successful and yet noble and brave pirate in the Caribbean Sea. What will be the end of his corsair odyssey...? The book is illustrated with original works by Oleg Pakhomov.
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- All books by the author
- All books in the series Adventureland
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