Script:? (adaptation) Rafael Sabatini | Pencils: Henry Kiefer (signed) | Inks: Henry Kiefer (signed) After capturing a vessel, Blood becomes the leader of other escaped slaves and they become pirates. Peter Blood is a surgeon sent to slavery in Barbados for tending to wounded rebels. Why You'll Enjoy Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated (1 page) Genre: Adventure Historical | Characters: Captain Peter Blood You won't regret it.Plenty of action, a few mistakes in giving quotes to the wrong character a few times, but you can sort it out 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.
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