The Odyssey of Captain Blood

The English and Italian writer Rafael Sabatini is known for his adventure novels, where dynamic and vivid artistic imagery is closely intertwined with a real historical background. "The Odyssey of Captain Blood" is one of the most exciting novels about pirates: on every page, the salty sea breeze roars, cannons thunder, and boarding sabers clash. Doctor Peter Blood, of Irish descent, had the misfortune of providing medical assistance to a wounded participant in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion against English King James II. For his mercy, Blood was assigned to the rebels and, miraculously escaping execution, was sent to plantations on the island of Barbados, where he fell into slavery under the cruel Colonel Bishop. Blood's medical skills provide him with decent living conditions, but it is unbearable for him to witness the suffering of his fellow unfortunate souls. Finally, a handful of convicts decide to escape. Capturing a Spanish ship and experiencing numerous adventures, the fugitives find themselves on the island of Tortuga, in the fortress of the Brethren of the Coast. From now on, the captured frigate is named after the beautiful Arabella, Bishop's niece, and Blood transforms into the boldest, luckiest, and at the same time noble and brave pirate in the Caribbean Sea. How will his corsair odyssey end?.. The book is illustrated with original works by Oleg Pakhomov.