Captain Blood

:Captain Blood can also refer to the historic Captian Thomas Blood

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Captain Blood is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1922. It concerns the sharp-witted Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish physician, who is convicted of treason in the aftermath of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685, and enslaved on the Caribbean island of Barbados. He escapes and becomes a pirate.

Related Topics:
Adventure - Novel - Rafael Sabatini - 1922 - Monmouth rebellion - 1685 - Caribbean - Barbados

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While Blood is a fictional character, much of the historical background of the novel is based on fact. The Monmouth rebels were sold into slavery as described in the book; Blood's pirate adventures and subsequent career borrow heavily from those of Sir Henry Morgan; and the shifting political alliances of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 are used in the novel as a plot device to allow Blood's return to respectability.

Related Topics:
Sir Henry Morgan - Glorious Revolution - 1688

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"Captain Blood" was an enormously popular work, and Sabatini wrote two additional novels featuring Peter Blood: "Captain Blood Returns" (1930) and "The Fortunes of Captain Blood" (1936). Both of these books are episodic tales of Blood's pirate career rather than true sequels.

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1930 - 1936

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