- Pirates, Roman, Physicians, British
[The story of the famous fictional surgeon-turned-pirate, Dr. Peter Blood. What's interesting -- besides the thunderingly well told adventure story -- is that much of the historical background is based on fact.]
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Rafael Sabatini
- First published
- 1922
- Pages
- 356
- Publisher
- Hutchinson, McBooks Press, Houghton Mifflin
- Editions
- 36
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780899685465
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“PETER BLOOD, bachelor of medicine and several other things besides, smoked a pipe and tended the geraniums boxed on the sill of his window above Water Lane in the town of Bridgewater.”
Rafael Sabatini was born April 29, 1875 in what was then the small town of Jesi, Italy, which is near the Adriatic and the seaport of Ancona. He passed away on February 13, 1950 and is buried in Adelboden, Switzerland. A popular author during his lifetime, he produced 31 novels, 8 short novel/short story collections, 6 nonfiction books, numerous short stories, and a play. (Source: http://www.rafaelsabatini.com/)
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