Adventure novel by
Rafael Sabatini in which
Peter Blood, a
soldier turned
doctor, is unjustly convicted of
treason during the
Monmouth Rebellion. Blood is shipped to
Barbados to work as a
slave on the plantation of the evil Colonel Bishop. Blood falls in love with Bishop's daughter Arabella, and vice versa. During a
Spanish attack on the town he escapes with some of his fellow prisoners and takes up a life of
piracy on the high seas.
Flashing blades,
evil Spaniards,
cunning plans, and
thundering cannons ensue. Arr!
In 1935, made into an movie starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Basil Rathbone. Any film in which Errol Flynn fights Basil Rathbone is great.