# Captain Blood — Character guide

> Key figures in Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini.

- [Captain Peter Blood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/captain_peter_blood.md): Blood commands the Arabella under buccaneer articles that bind him to plunder he half-dislikes, and he will not suffer violence done to a Dutchman in his presence. Paired with the ruthless Levasseur, he must outmaneuver 
- [Jeremy Pitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/jeremy_pitt.md): Still healing from a lacerated back aboard the Cinco Llagas, Pitt takes the night air on deck and reads the heavens with a seaman's instinct. When he points out that the North Star sits wrongly for Curaçao, he hands Bloo
- [Lord Julian Wade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/lord_julian_wade.md): Lord Julian moves between Colonel Bishop's bluster and Arabella's quiet grief, carrying Blood's pledged word that no harm will come to Bishop if the Arabella passes the fort. His aristocratic melancholy gives way to open
- [Colonel Bishop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/colonel_bishop.md): Bishop owes his life to Blood's word, yet spends his supper cursing him and promising hideous vengeance while the drink loosens his tongue. His coarse threats drive Arabella from the table in tears, and even Lord Julian 
- [Arabella Bishop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/arabella_bishop.md): Arabella waits anxiously for her uncle's return, then hears from Lord Julian that Blood's word alone guaranteed his safety — a fact that colors her cheeks. She endures Bishop's drunken rages with a composure that awes ev
- [Captain Levasseur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/levasseur.md): Levasseur conceals from Blood that his real quarry is Mademoiselle d'Ogeron, sister of the Governor of Tortuga's son, and fixes a ransom of twenty thousand pieces to mask his intent. When Blood invokes the articles and d
- [M. le Baron de Rivarol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/m_de_rivarol.md): Rivarol arrives in the Caribbean as supreme commander of France's naval and land forces in America, expecting buccaneers to stand while he sits and doff their hats while he wears his. He meets instead Captain Blood, whos
- [Don Diego de Espinosa y Valdez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/don_diego_de_espinosa.md): Taken captive by Blood, Don Diego belongs to the great Espinosa family of Castile, but the admiral who shares his name will not pay to redeem him. He must broker his own ransom through intermediaries and parole, caught b
- [Wolverstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/wolverstone.md): Wolverstone is the old wolf of Blood's crew, a veteran of Monmouth's rebellion whose loyalty to his captain is absolute and whose temper is not. When a French officer offers gross provocation, Wolverstone fells him with 
- [Nathaniel Hagthorpe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/hagthorpe.md): Hagthorpe is one of the few captains Blood trusts without reservation, a man of naval training and gentlemanly bearing who lends the buccaneer fleet a thin veneer of legitimacy. He is appointed to command the Elizabeth a
- [Don Miguel de Espinosa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/don_miguel_de_espinosa.md): Don Miguel is a great gentleman of Castile and an admiral of Spain whose disasters at Blood's hands cost him his honor and his reason. Refusing his own son's ransom, he turns his fleet into a weapon of pure vengeance, fa
- [Cahusac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/cahusac.md): A French pirate serving under Levasseur; treacherous and greedy.
- [Mr. James Nuttall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/nuttall.md): A merchant and pirate; one of Blood's crew.
- [Mademoiselle d'Ogeron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/mademoiselle_d_ogeron.md): Daughter of the French governor of Tortuga; courted by Levasseur.
- [M. d'Ogeron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/m_d_ogeron.md): French governor of Tortuga; a shrewd and diplomatic figure.
- [Ogle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/ogle.md): A pirate in Blood's crew; known for his resolute nature.
- [Don Esteban de Espinosa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/don_esteban_de_espinosa.md): Son of Don Diego; a Spanish officer seeking revenge on Blood.
- [Major Mallard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/major_mallard.md): A fellow prisoner and friend of Blood in Barbados.
- [Admiral van der Kuylen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/admiral_van_der_kuylen.md): Dutch admiral who interacts with Blood during naval engagements.
- [Lord Willoughby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/lord_willoughby.md): English colonial governor; briefly appears in negotiations.
- [Captain Hobart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/captain_hobart.md): An English naval officer; antagonist to Blood.
- [Governor Steed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/governor_steed.md): Governor of a Caribbean colony; interacts with Blood.
- [Lord Jeffreys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/lord_jeffreys.md): The infamous 'Bloody Assizes' judge; historical figure in the story.
- [Lord Gildoy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/lord_gildoy.md): A condemned rebel; Blood helps him escape.
- [Lord Sunderland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/lord_sunderland.md): English statesman; sends messages to Blood.
- [King Monmouth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/king_monmouth.md): Rebel leader and claimant to the English throne; historical figure.
- [Yberville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/yberville.md): A French naval officer; ally to Blood.
- [Andrew Baynes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/andrew_baynes.md): A fellow prisoner in Barbados; minor role.
- [Lord Feversham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/captain_blood_se/characters/lord_feversham.md): English general; historical figure mentioned in the narrative.

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