# Captain Blood — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini.

- [The Messenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/i-the-messenger.md): Peter Blood, a physician in Bridgewater, calmly tends his geraniums and smokes his pipe while the town erupts in support of Monmouth's rebellion. He views the uprising with cynical detachment, knowing the Duke's claim to
- [Kirke's Dragoons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/ii-kirke-s-dragoons.md): Peter Blood and Jeremy Pitt arrive at Oglethorpe's farm to treat the wounded Lord Gildoy after the Battle of Sedgemoor. Captain Hobart of Kirke's dragoons invades the homestead, arrests Gildoy and Baynes, and discovers P
- [III: The Lord Chief Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/iii-the-lord-chief-justice.md): Peter Blood is finally brought to trial for high treason after two months of brutal imprisonment. The chapter details his march from Bridgewater to Taunton, his growing hatred for King James, and his contempt for the cor
- [IV: Human Merchandise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/iv-human-merchandise.md): Peter Blood and his fellow rebels are spared execution due to a royal decree ordering transportation to the plantations. They are shipped aboard the Jamaica Merchant, where Blood's medical skills save lives during a sick
- [Arabella Bishop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/v-arabella-bishop.md): Arabella Bishop encounters Peter Blood, now a slave but practicing as a physician due to his skill. Their conversation reveals Blood's unjust conviction and his resentment of his enslavement, though he acknowledges Arabe

> 26 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=captain_blood_se_1051kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [VI: Plans of Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/vi-plans-of-escape.md)
- [VII: Pirates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/vii-pirates.md)
- [VIII: Spaniards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/viii-spaniards.md)
- [The Rebels-Convict](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/ix-the-rebels-convict.md)
- [X: Don Diego](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/x-don-diego.md)
- [XI: Filial Piety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xi-filial-piety.md)
- [XII: Don Pedro Sangre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xii-don-pedro-sangre.md)
- [XIII: Tortuga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xiii-tortuga.md)
- [XIV: Levasseur's Heroics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xiv-levasseur-s-heroics.md)
- [XV: The Ransom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xv-the-ransom.md)
- [The Trap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xvi-the-trap.md)
- [XVII: The Dupes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xvii-the-dupes.md)
- [The Milagrosa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xviii-the-milagrosa.md)
- [The Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xix-the-meeting.md)
- [XX: Thief and Pirate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xx-thief-and-pirate.md)
- [XXI: The Service of King James](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxi-the-service-of-king-james.md)
- [Hostilities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxii-hostilities.md)
- [Hostages](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxiii-hostages.md)
- [War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxiv-war.md)
- [The Service of King Louis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxv-the-service-of-king-louis.md)
- [XXVI: M. de Rivarol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxvi-m-de-rivarol.md)
- [XXVII: Cartagena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxvii-cartagena.md)
- [The Honour of M. de Rivarol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxviii-the-honour-of-m-de-rivarol.md)
- [XXIX: The Service of King William](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxix-the-service-of-king-william.md)
- [XXX: The Last Fight of the Arabella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxx-the-last-fight-of-the-arabella.md)
- [His Excellency the Governor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/chapters/xxxi-his-excellency-the-governor.md)

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