Fortunately, all is not gloomy in the life of the protagonist, as he also experiences the enchantment of love as he becomes acquainted with Bishop’s kind-hearted niece Arabella. Following his imprisonment and services to the malignant Colonel Bishop, Blood plans an escape with fellow captives from their miserable conditions and treatment. Unfortunately for Blood, his duty of caring for the wounded is seen as aiding the rebellion and after being put to trial, he is unjustly convicted of treason and sentenced to slavery. The town is in the midst of the Monmouth rebellion and despite not wanting to take part in the matter, Blood’s duty as a doctor prevails as he goes to tend the wounded rebels. However, things in the quiet town of Bridgewater are everything but ordinary. Set in the late 17th century, the novel begins with the image of Peter Blood, a physician, casually attending his geraniums and smoking a pipe. Sabatini first introduced his protagonist in a series of eight short stories published in magazine installments, until later weaving them together in 1922 as a novel. Blood wants nothing to do with the rebellion, but when a friend is wounded in the fighting, Blood feels it his duty as a physician to help the man… You can listen online to free English audiobook “Captain Blood” by Rafael Sabatini on our website.An adventure novel with an unexpected hero, Captain Blood follows the unintended journey of chivalrous and well-educated gentleman Peter Blood, who without much choice was plunged into the world of piracy forcing him to leave his tranquil lifestyle behind. Unfortunately, a rebellion breaks out in the area again King James.
Peter Blood, after years of adventuring as a soldier, has now decided to retire and be a physician in the English countryside.
He is confronted with injustice of the most terrible kind: slavery. For Peter Blood, scholar and doctor, the quest for justice is not an idle or abstract discussion. Sabatini based the first part of the story of Blood on Henry Pitman, a surgeon who tended the wounded Monmouth rebels and was sentenced to death by Judge Jeffreys. Although Blood is a fictional character, much of the historical background of the novel is based on facts. Sabatini was a proponent of basing historical fiction as closely as possible on history. Captain Blood was originally published in 1922.
In all, he produced thirty-one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and a play. Sabatini's writing, usually functioning in a historic setting, explores political intrigue, religion, and the place of chivalry and honour, while entertaining with clever dialogue, deftly drawn characters and action sequences as vivid and thrilling as modern movies. When talking about Rafael Sabatini, most people think of high adventure, sword-fighting and damsels in distress.
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