Rafael Sabatini
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Captain Blood is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini.
The protagonist is the sharp-witted Dr. Peter Blood, a fictional Irish physician who had had a wide-ranging career as a soldier and sailor (including a commission as a captain under the Dutch admiral De Ruyter) before settling down to practice medicine in the town of Bridgwater in Somerset.
The book opens with him attending to his geraniums while the town prepares to fight for the Duke of Monmouth....
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Wildside Press LLC
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English
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The Rafael Sabatini Megapack collects 20 works by the author of many classic swashbuckling adventures, including Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, and more.
Included are:
MISTRESS WILDING
CAPTAIN BLOOD
SCARAMOUCHE
HISTORICAL NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT (First Series)
HISTORICAL NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT (Second Series)
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMER
THE SNARE
THE TRAMPLING OF THE LILIES
THE LIFE OF CESARE BORGIA
LOVE-AT-ARMS
THE
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Set in England during the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion, this rousing 1910 novel contains all the swordplay, intrigue, and star-crossed romance that marks Sabatini at his best. As Monmouth leads his doomed revolt, young Anthony Wilding tries to help the Duke while simultaneously attempting to win the heart of a lady.