Captain Blood & The Sea Hawk: Tales of Daring Sea Adventures and the Most Remarkable Pirate Captains

by Rafael Sabatini

The Sea Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being forced to serve as a slave on a galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates, gaining the name "Sakr-el-Bahr" (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against his brother. Captain Blood (a.k.a. The Odyssey of Captain Blood) is an adventure novel in which the title character is admiral of a fleet of pirate ships. Rafael Sabatini was an English writer of novels of romance and adventure.

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 17, 2013

About the author

Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages. By the time he was seventeen, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English. " In all, he produced thirty one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and a play. He is best known for his world-wide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk (1915), Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (1922) and Bellarion the Fortunate (1926). Other famous works by Sabatini are The Lion's Skin (1911), The Strolling Saint (1913) and The Snare (1917).

Reviews

[Bert · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened both of these from Librivox recordings. they had multiple narrators, but each did wonderful job. Neither of these tales shy from facts of the time period written; these facts might surprise folks who only know this time from watching Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

Captain Blood:
This is a wonderful pirate tale! I bought into the plot started cheering the characters from about the first page. I was disappointed when Captain Blood finally gave up the sea.
The Sea Hawk:
This story is VERY slow to start, but once the abduction occurs the story kicks into the rollicking style one expects from Rafael Sabatini. Likewise, Rosamund is my least favorite heroine. So though i thoroughly recommend this story. My favorites remain Captain Blood and Scaramouche.