Ep. 100 Captain Blood

“It came to Mr. Blood, as he trudged forward under the laden
appletrees on that fragrant, delicious July morning, that man - as
he had long suspected - was the vilest work of God, and that only a
fool would set himself up as a healer of a species that was best
exterminated.” Join hosts Christopher Funderburg and John Cribbs on
the high seas as they celebrate the 100th anniversary of Rafael
Sabatini's seminal swashbuckler Captain Blood. Detailing the
odyssey of Dr. Peter Blood from his unjust persecution in the
Bloody Assizes to his enslavement on the sugar plantations of
Barbados and escape to a spectacular career as the most feared and
beloved buccaneer on the Caribbean, it's the very definition of a
page-turner that transported the romance and adventure of Dumas
into the 20th century. Famously adapted by Michael Curtiz as the
1935 classic starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland,
Sabatini's tale of honor and morality is as timeless now as it was
100 years ago. Our hosts glide through a rip-roaring narrative that
chronicles Blood outfoxing a Spanish Admiral, crossing swords with
lascivious pirate Levasseur, sacking the cities of Maracaybo and
Cartagena with his fellow Brethen of the Coast and romancing the
unattainable heart of Arabella Bishop, the niece of his greatest
enemy! The flags fly and the cannons roar as Sabatini reshapes the
adventure novel for the next century. Support our Patreon:

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twitter.com/cfunderburg Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea
for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas"