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"Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini - Bookworm History
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Episode 11: On pirates, historians, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time
"Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini
Greetings, folks! This time on Bookworm History we’re talking all about the history behind the epic swashbuckler "Captain Blood". Like a lot of people my introduction to "Captain Blood" came through the 1935 film starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The original work by Sabatini came out in 1922 and was tirelessly researched by the author/historian. Join us, as we dive into the history behind the world of the most feared pirate on the Spanish Main with "Captain Blood"!
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Thank you for this educational video. As a little boy I read all Sabtini books translated into Arabic day and and in light of kerosene lamp at night. I loved his books and the stories made my childhood life happier and bearable and always wondered about the personality that wrote those wonderful stories and his characters that stood always for the good against evil. Also saw all the movies based on the books. Thanks to you for shedding some light.
Great video, thanks for this. I loved Captain Blood when I was a child and then a teenager. There's an excellent translation in Russian, and we have the Odyssey and Chronicles in one book. Now I'm reading them in English and I just learned that there's a third book - Fortunes of Captain Blood - that I didn't even know existed! So excited to read it!
Thanks for your video. It's interesting that the 'novel' is a collection of short stories, because the 1935 film feels very much like an adaption of a novel and not of short stories, with a focus on Blood's relationship with Arabella to pull the material together. I'm Irish and I don't think most Irish people realise that Peter Blood is an Irish character, because I would have expected us to 'appropriate' the book/character as our own! We're like that!
Numinous20111 It does read mostly like a novel because Sabatini did some editing when it was first published to make it a more fluid narrative, but you can absolutely tell that it was originally a string of short stories. Blood (in both book and film) was very proud of his Irish roots, possibly Sabatini trying to live vicariously through him. It's interesting that Errol Flynn was perceived to be a full-blooded Irishman, in a large part, I think, because his first major role was playing Captain Blood (and I guess Hollywood, for whatever reason, thought it made him seem more dashing and roguish than being an Australian of Irish descent). Regardless, I adore his films (even some of the westerns!) and "Captain Blood" will always hold a special place in my heart as it was my introduction to Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Basil Rathbone.
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That's the great thing about Flynn's Warner Brothers' films. As well as the one of a kind Flynn, you get to watch all those talented actors and see the work of outstanding people behind the screen.
Currently reading the book right now. And I love the movie. I do think the movie made the right call to streamline the narrative because it does read like a very episodic story almost like you could remake it into an HBO Mini series with each story it's own episode.
But can I just say how much it sucks trying to find adult pirate fiction still in print that aren't terrible romance novels?
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Indeed very nice video. I loved Captain Blood when I read it just a year ago, and I am 36. I can explain that strange ahronism by confessing that I begun in my youth with other kind of books, like philosophy, mythology, and ancient greek novels and stories. Now, in my elderly days have decided that I need to read every good book in the belle lettre or fiction, that deserves attention. So Sabatini's works deserve full atention. I read Blod and Scaramouche, and I found them really good, not to say perfect! Very well written.
But I wonder if I may ask you, if you may do a video about Scaramouche? Is he a real character or only a fictional one? Does he have a prototype, or not? Is he just a collective character of period in the french revolution?
Be well, and continue with the great work!
Thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. "Scaramouche" is an excellent idea for a video, I'll add it to my list!
Read the book recently. Sabatini's a reasonably skillful writer, who can develop memorable characters. But good God its painfully racist, even for an older book.
And yeah, "Captain Blood" is basically a combination of Pittman's story and Morgan's (with some details changed). The start of the book, up until the Spanish attack on Barbados, is quite closely based on Pittman's. After that, its based more on the life of Morgan (a buccaneer who became a British governor). The love story and the climactic battle, as far as I know, were made up by Sabatini.
Rafael Sabatini has a few good stories written on Cesare Borgia as well.