However, when a band of pirates suddenly attacks Barbados, Blood is faced with an impossible choice: escape to freedom and risk losing Arabella, or stay with Arabella but remain a slave. Like Blood, Arabella suffers under her uncle's wrath, and the pair plan to escape the island and start a new life together. Sentenced to a life of slavery in Barbados, Blood falls in love with the brutal plantation owner's niece, Arabella. Peter Blood is convicted of treason for tending to the wounds of a rebel during a rebellion against King James II. You won't regret it.Captain Blood is a modern adaptation of Rafael Sabatini's 1922 swashbuckling classic about pirates, romance and a man fighting against injustice. The spirit of the novel, it leaves out a great deal and, of While the Errol Flynn movie is mostly true to the plot and
Sabatini heroes: honor, dignity, intelligence, a quick wit, and
Through his pirate days, he retains those qualities of all While theĪristocratic leaders of the rebellion buy their freedom,īlood is condemned for aiding the rebels and, with the othersįrom the lower classes, is transported to Barbados as a slave.Īfter escaping, he comandeers a Castilian warship and becomes Rebellion for which the doctor has no sympathy. The aid of a well-born client who was wounded in an act of Graduate of Trinity College in Dublin, and doctor, goes to Right and honorable thing, Peter Blood, Irishman, soldier, Through a series of mishaps, caused by his desire to do the My only real complaint is that, because Blood is so finelyĭrawn, so vivid a character, all others, including the villians This book rises andįalls on Sabatini's characterization of his hero, which is very He is admittedlyĬynical and yet allows hope to peek through every now and He craves adventure yet he is searchingįor the security of a place he can call home. He is at turns a worldly sophistocateĪnd a charming naif. I think what makes Captain Blood an enduring classic is theĬharacter of Peter Blood. Captain Blood elsewhere at this site: A Trilogy of Blood Captain Blood: His Odyssey (film) Captain Blood: A Review (film) Ten Questions on Captain Blood The text of Captain Blood is available online at ProjectĬlassic Novels.
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