THE SEA-HAWK
ebook

THE SEA-HAWK (ebook)

Editorial:
SHEBA BLAKE PUBLISHING
ISBN:
9783961898770
Formato:
Epublication content package
DRM
Si

The Sea-Hawk is a novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1915. The story is set over the years 1588?1593 and concerns a retired Cornish seafaring gentleman, Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being forced to serve as a slave on a galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates, gaining the name "Sakr-el-Bahr" (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against his brother. Sir Oliver Tressilian lives at the estate of Penarrow with his brother, Lionel. Oliver is betrothed to Rosamund Godolphin, whose hot-headed brother, Peter, detests the Tressilians due to an old feud between their fathers. Peter and Rosamund's guardian, Sir John Killigrew, also has little love for the Tressilians. Peter's manipulations drive Oliver into a duel with Sir John. The scheme backfires: Sir John is seriously wounded, further stoking Peter's hatred. Peter attempts to bait Oliver into a violent confrontation, but Oliver is mindful of Rosamund's warning never to meet her brother in an affair of honor. One evening, Lionel returns home, bloodied and exhausted. He has killed Peter in a duel, but there were no witnesses. Oliver is widely believed to be Peter's killer, and Lionel does nothing to disprove the accusations. To avoid repercussions for Peter's death, Lionel has Oliver kidnapped and sold into slavery to ensure that he never reveals the truth. En route to the New World, the slave ship is boarded by the Spanish, and her crew are added to the slaves. For six months Oliver toils at the oars of a Spanish galley. He befriends a Moorish slave, Yusuf-ben-Moktar. Oliver, Yusuf and the other slaves are freed when the galley is boarded by Muslim corsairs. They offer to fight for the Muslims. Oliver's fighting skills and the testimony of Yusuf, the nephew of the Basha of Algiers, grants Oliver special privileges in Muslim society. He becomes the corsair known as Sakr-el-Bahr, "the Hawk of the Sea".

Otros libros del autor

  • LA VERGOGNA DEL BUFFONE
    ebook
    Titulo del libro
    LA VERGOGNA DEL BUFFONE (ebook)
    RAFAEL SABATINI
    "Essere buffone era cosa abbastanza dolorosa, ma infinitamente più doloroso era dover confessare che sotto la mia gi...

    4,99 €

  • IL RE SCOMPARSO
    ebook
    Titulo del libro
    IL RE SCOMPARSO (ebook)
    RAFAEL SABATINI
    Pubblicato nel 1938 col titolo "The Lost King", "Il re scomparso" non è un semplice romanzo storico, bensì una vera ...

    4,99 €

  • L'ESTATE DI SAN MARTINO
    ebook
    Titulo del libro
    L'ESTATE DI SAN MARTINO (ebook)
    RAFAEL SABATINI
    Francia, 1610 circa. Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache vive un?esistenza boriosa nel placido Delfinato. Scorbutico, ...

    4,99 €

  • LE FORTUNE DEL CAPITANO BLOOD
    ebook
    Titulo del libro
    LE FORTUNE DEL CAPITANO BLOOD (ebook)
    RAFAEL SABATINI
    "Le fortune del Capitano Blood", pubblicato un anno dopo l?uscita del film incentrato sull?omonimo personaggio (1936...

    4,99 €

  • IL CIGNO NERO
    ebook
    Titulo del libro
    IL CIGNO NERO (ebook)
    RAFAEL SABATINI
    Caraibi, 1680 circa. La bella Priscilla Harradine si imbarca sulla nave Centaur per fare ritorno in Inghilterra. Al ...

    4,99 €