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The story of
the
redoubtable
Peter Blood
-- the
much-loved
story of a
physician
and
gentleman
turned
pirate &
buccaneer
par
excellance,
Captain of
the great
ship
Arabella,
terror of
the
Spaniard,
and
undisputed
master of
the waters
of the
Spanish
Main.
Captain
Blood is the
much-loved
story of a
physician
and
gentleman
turned
pirate.
Peter Blood,
wrongfully
accused of
high treason
and
sentenced to
death -- he
is instead
condemned to
slavery in
Barbados.
He narrowly
escapes his
fate on a
captured
Spanish ship
and finds
himself in
the company
of
buccaneers
-- then
follows his
sea fights
and
desperate
adventures
as a
freebooter.
Embarking on
his new life
with
remarkable
skill and
bravery,
Blood
becomes the
'Robin Hood'
of the
Spanish
seas.
The story
has glamour
and beauty,
and it is
told with an
easy
confidence.
As for Blood
himself, he
is a
superman,
compounded
of a
sardonic
humor, cold
nerves, and
hot temper.
Both the
story and
the man are
masterpieces.
A great
figure, a
great epoch,
a great
story.
This is
swashbuckling
adventure at
its best. |
