Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini
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Captain Blood is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1922. It concerns the sharp-witted Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish physician, who is convicted of treason in the aftermath of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685, and enslaved on the Caribbean island of Barbados. He escapes and becomes a pirate. [Wikipedia]
Captain Blood was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated swashbuckling film that rocketed Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland to stardom in Hollywood. The fast-paced historical fiction of Rafael Sabatini is often compared with that of Robert Louis Stevenson and Alexandre Dumas. [DSayers]
(12 hr 11 min)
Chapters
| The Messenger | 23:06 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Kirke's Dragoons | 22:58 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Lord Chief Justice | 37:40 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Human Merchandise | 14:35 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| Arabella Bishop | 28:11 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| Plans of Escape | 32:27 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| Pirates | 23:38 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| Spaniards | 14:23 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| The Rebels-Convict | 27:30 | Read by Caitlin Kelly |
| Don Diego | 14:50 | Read by Caitlin Kelly |
| Filial Piety | 25:06 | Read by Jeff Robinson |
| Pedro Sangre | 14:22 | Read by Jeff Robinson |
| Tortuga | 19:23 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Levasseur's Heroics | 19:50 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Ransom | 25:46 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Trap | 29:44 | Read by fieldsofgold |
| The Dupes | 34:37 | Read by fieldsofgold |
| The Milagrosa | 27:25 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| The Meeting | 24:04 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| Thief and Pirate | 26:41 | Read by sayeth |
| The Service of King James | 29:50 | Read by sayeth |
| Hostilities | 20:32 | Read by Chris Langston |
| Hostages | 30:44 | Read by Chris Langston |
| War | 29:04 | Read by Matthew Hinman |
| The Service of King Louis | 21:20 | Read by Matthew Hinman |
| M. De Rivarol | 30:08 | Read by Michelle Crandall |
| Cartagena | 21:15 | Read by Michelle Crandall |
| The Honour of M. De Rivarol | 14:27 | Read by Paul Siegel |
| The Service of King William | 17:00 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| The Last Fight of the Arabella | 14:18 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| His Excellency the Governor | 17:00 | Read by Robin Cotter |
Reviews
Excellent !!!
A LibriVox Listener
being a truck driver presently, I have listened to hundreds upon hundreds of audio books. This ranks among the best. I highly recommended it.
Enjoyable Pirate's Tale
TwinkieToes
An honorable pirate, forced into the profession by circumstances beyond his control. An enjoyable listen. If the style of the reader for the first 3 chapters annoys you like it does me, hold on and don't give up - the readers improve from there. :)
DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
AVID READER
A masterpiece of swashbuckling adventure. Cruel kings, crooked ministers, falsely convicted genteel doctor, bully slaver, beautiful young lady, sea battles aplenty, and an ending of poetic justice, all read by a group of very good readers. What else can I say?
swashbuckler
bahamajohn08
chop this one up to a fantastic story of Pirate tears pirates governors and heroes. I was always waiting for the next chapter and always satisfied and waiting for the next. wonderful story of adventure drama and romance. it's hard to beat an old author.
Written with passion
Qays Q
An excellent example of the writings of Raphaël Sabatini, the only problem that I could perceive is the fact that some of the chapters were recorded with very low sodium which was difficult to enjoy.
most excellent!
Anewelding
great book. even though there were multiple narrators 99 and a half percent of them were great. I really can't remember any bad ones but who knows. thank you LibriVox and thank you Rafael sabatini
Lone Cowboy
One of the best classic novels concerned with pirates. Entertaining from start to finish. The multiple changes in narrators in this recording is a bit distracting, but still it was very enjoyable.
amazing
Israël Painchaud
a lovely swashbuckling tale of valor, courage, adventure, and daring; sweetened with a hint of romance that gives purpose and romance to the brazen and witty captain Blood.