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| The Sea-Hawk | 
 enlarge | Author: Rafael Sabatini
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
Buy New: $7.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 145168
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 372
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0393323315
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780393323313
ASIN: 0393323315
Publication Date: July 2002
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Condition: Brand new.
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Product Description
A masterpiece of historical ction—and a ferociously gripping adventure tale. Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his half-brother, throwing him into circumstances where he becomes a Barbary pirate and a follower of Islam.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 I enjoyed this book November 14, 2008
I particularly liked the feel of this book. If felt like it could have been written when the book took place. I also liked how some plot was nicely summarized rather than drawn out into what could have been many chapters, making a concise complete story. One problem I had was with the action in the book. This is supposed to an adventure but many of the fight/action scenes are scantily described. There was a bit of a lack of character development, but by the end the important players were fleshed out well enough. I thought the psychoanalysis of the characters was good as well, not being overdone as in some books, but there enough to lend some insight into decisions that characters made. Overall this was an enjoyable read.
 First rate swashbuckler! September 15, 2008
Captain Blood pales in comparison. This is an Erol Flynn type story with no holds barred. Tougher to make a film on it, but the story is stop notch. I really enjoyed it and was sorry whe the book ended. I wanted more.
 A melodrama, not a swashbuckling adventure July 3, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is a melodrama. The first part consists of the main character wanting to marry a 17 year old girl but her brother objects. Lots of talking. Very little action. A duel is almost literally described as "in a few minutes it was over". The second part consists of a woman urging her husband to dislike the main character. Scene after seen of this.
If you just read the plot it reads like a swashbuckling adventure. But the book expands the drama scenes and barely mentions any action. It is well written if you like melodrama. The characters are not all that deep but they are well written and distinct.
Escape Into Fascinating Characters April 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Captain Blood" is adventurism with lots of action and good character studies. "The Sea Hawk" is also adventure but with far less action and more fascinating character studies. Sabatini invents intriquing thought processes for the leading characters that lead to the unexpected . He is almost as good as Tolstoy in opening up heads. The translation is excellent as the words just flow making it difficult to put the book down.
Action from cover to cover March 17, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I find it hard at times to pick up novels written a century ago or so, the language can be archaic, the pace a little slow... Not so this novel. It amazed me how quickly I could adapt to Sir Oliver and his world. The heroes were larger than life, the villains deliciously captivating. I found it incredibly hard to put down. It's just nice to read about a hero that stands for something, a person true to their beliefs. Purists would say Sabatini relies on coincidence to move his plot forward, but the world he creates makes it all believable. If you are hesitant about reading the prose of classic swashbuckling literature, read the first three chapters, I guarantee you'll be hooked ;)
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