![]() ![]() His captivating read of CAPTAIN BLOOD will make you become a fan, as I have. Sabatini was a proponent of basing historical fiction as closely as possible on history. ![]() It's a ride anyone would enjoy, once they allow themselves the pleasure of such a professional, enjoyable audio experience. Captain Blood was originally published in 1922. And on occasion, you actually find yourself as a fly on the wall, wishing you were sailing with the crew. ![]() Theis puts us on his vocal ship and steers us expertly through the challenges of Peter Blood. His clipped, articulate tone.his interest in giving every sentence the proper weight and attention.and here, in his obvious love for the author, Mr. The reader here is the marvelous Kevin Theis, who has developed into one of the best audio actor/readers around. He can be quite thick in description for some, although if you love words as I do, you revel in how many different ways he can describe the same scene in various parts of a novel. ![]() Sabatini is not always easy to read, either. For me, his endless imagination and plotting his adventures were always fun.like a jigsaw puzzle to figure out.Now as I say this, Mr. Peter Blood had problems with the British, The Spanish and The French. He becomes a pirate after that and navigates all over the sea. I've been a fan of Rafael Sabatini since high school. CHARACTER SKETCH In the story Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini an enslaved doctor and physician who escapes from slavery in a Spanish boat along with his crewmates from an island called Port Royale. ![]()
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