Captain Blood |
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Author:
| Sabatini, Rafael |
Introduction by:
| Hoppenstand, Gary |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-218010-5 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman becomes a pirate after suffering a grave injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels-who were fighting the oppressive King James-Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. He escapes to Tortuga and becomes the leader of a colony of buccaneers.
Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman becomes a pirate after suffering a grave injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels-who were fighting the oppressive King James-Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. He escapes to Tortuga and becomes the leader of a colony of buccaneers.