Captain Blood

Doctor Peter Blood's quiet life is shattered when he is convicted of treason for helping a wounded nobleman. He's swept into a slave ship but escapes from slavery during a pirate attack. He becomes a pirate and soon is the greatest of them all. Raids, sea battles, sword fights, acts of gallantry and low cunning follow, recounted with zest and skill.

A classic tale of adventure and romance, Rafael Sabatini's "Captain Blood" tells the story of Peter Blood, doctor and military veteran, who is mistaken for a rebel, arrested, tried and transported to Barbados where he is sold into slavery. Escaping his captivity during a raid on the colony, Blood and his fellow convicts capture a Spanish ship and sail off to become the most successful pirates in the Caribbean. "Captain Blood" is Sabatini at his very best, succeeding as both an adventure novel and powerful discourse on the evils of slavery and injustice.