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The Fortunes of Captain Blood

The Chronicles of Captain Blood

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Mr. Sabatini is both a wonderfully fertile creator of exciting fiction and a stylist of distinction

A sword-wielding, devil-may-care adventurer

His sword carved his name across the continents - and his glory across the seas!

Tagline to 1935 Errol Flynn film, 'Captain Blood'

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.

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.

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