Rafael Sabatini. The Odyssey of Captain Blood

The novel "The Odyssey of Captain Blood" by the famous English writer Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) has been read by more than one generation.
Peter Blood, a medical doctor and former military man, is convicted and sold into slavery in the English West Indies for helping a wounded mutineer. But undeterred by circumstances, this intelligent, determined, and courageous man, finding himself an outlaw, becomes one of the most successful and daring pirates in the Caribbean, without losing his sense of goodness, honor, and justice. The dizzying adventures and unpredictable turns of events, the love affair and devoted friendship will forever remain in the readers' memories.
59 illustrations were made by the famous artist Vladimir Vysotsky.