Publication
W. W. Norton & Company (2002), Edition: Reprint, 400 pages
Original publication date
1915
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Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: The Sea Hawk is a seafaring adventure set at the end of the sixteenth century. A retired Cornish gentleman is betrayed by his jealous half-brother and ends up a slave on a Spanish galley. He is freed by Barbary pirates and he joins their crew, swearing vengeance on his brother. The pirates name him "Sakr-el-Bahr": the hawk of the sea..
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LibraryThing member 2chances
Rafael Sabatini! Oh, this generation doesn't even KNOW. This is a classic swashbuckling novel by the author of Captain Blood, and it is deliciously over the top. Handsome, powerful Oliver Tressilian, in love with the fair Rosamund, is working to overcome the opposition that Rosamund's sleazy
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brother and guardian are posing to their marriage. R's brother Peter provokes Oliver into public threats, but Oliver controls himself for love of his fair one; alas, Oliver's weasly brother Lionel kills Peter in a fight over the slut they both are hooking up with. Oliver (because he is THAT GUY) shoulders the blame to protect poor lil Lionel. But Lionel is afraid Oliver will break down and tell, so he has him kidnapped! And sold into slavery! And Oliver, crushed and betrayed, becomes Sakr el-Bahr, the Sea Hawk, scourge of the sea. AND THEN THEY ALL MEET UP AGAIN - Lionel, Oliver, and Rosamund. Oh yeah. *sighs* You know you want to read it. Don't let your sophistication get in the way. Show Less
LibraryThing member TommyB
Very well-told swashbuckling tale of the sea.
LibraryThing member AsYouKnow_Bob
Illustrated with stills from the 1924 photoplay: Milton Sills as Sakr-el-Bahr (Sir Oliver Tressilian), the Sea-Hawk. Arrr.
LibraryThing member TadAD
Enjoyable, but not my favorite of Sabatini's books.
LibraryThing member penelopemarzec
Sir Oliver Tressilian is wronged by his half-brother, Lionel. Kidnapped, Oliver survives slavery at the oar of a Spanish ship and becomes a Muslim pirate. Feared and respected, Oliver becomes Sakr-El-Bahr. When an unexpected chance comes along for him to wreak vengeance upon Lionel, he sets out for
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England. However, in seeking to settle the score, he puts his own life in grave danger. Show Less
LibraryThing member penelopemarzec
Sir Oliver Tressilian is wronged by his half-brother, Lionel. Kidnapped, Oliver survives slavery at the oar of a Spanish ship and becomes a Muslim pirate. Feared and respected, Oliver becomes Sakr-El-Bahr. When an unexpected chance comes along for him to wreak vengeance upon Lionel, he sets out for
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England. However, in seeking to settle the score, he puts his own life in grave danger. Show Less
LibraryThing member dachda
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member ToddSherman
After a disjointed and heavy read by Victor Serge, it only made sense to immerse myself into an adventure-laden romance on the high seas. And who better to proffer that than Rafael Sabatini? Sure, other writers may be more artistic (Conrad), psychologically excoriating (Melville), or take an entire
And all the references to “poop” made my inner Kidd giggle: “poop-deck”, “poop’s forward end”, and my favorite “the gorgeous poop was fixed with a spacious cabin”. One paragraph on page 260 had three poops! My word, that’s a lot of shit. Hee hee hee aaaaarghhhee hee hee.
I’ll grow up eventually. Just not so much, I hope, that I can’t enjoy a fast-paced adventure such as those penned by the fluid and comprehensive Sabatini
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saga to rub the salt through to the bone (O’Brian), but none are as rip-roaring rousing as Sabatini. Though I enjoyed “Captain Blood” more and consider “Scaramouche” a near masterpiece, “The Sea-Hawk” kept me rocking on the waves in anticipation of the next sword strike. Incredibly well-researched—a constant in any work of his that I’ve read. But this time the research was so seamless that it wasn’t until I returned to the introduction that I’d realized just how much detailed study went into it (religion, history, geography). In “Scaramouche” that work was blazingly obvious, barely getting through two pages without translating French, learning how to pronounce Norman towns, or keeping up with the luminaries of the French Revolution.And all the references to “poop” made my inner Kidd giggle: “poop-deck”, “poop’s forward end”, and my favorite “the gorgeous poop was fixed with a spacious cabin”. One paragraph on page 260 had three poops! My word, that’s a lot of shit. Hee hee hee aaaaarghhhee hee hee.
I’ll grow up eventually. Just not so much, I hope, that I can’t enjoy a fast-paced adventure such as those penned by the fluid and comprehensive Sabatini
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
9780393323313
Physical description
400 p.; 5.5 inches
Pages
400