The Sea Hawk

Set against the backdrop of the Spanish invasion of England during the reign of Elizabeth I, The Sea Hawk is a classic of the pirate genre.

Sir Oliver Tressilian is betrayed by a jealous half-brother and forced to serve as a slave on a galley. He is liberated when the ship is hijacked by Barbary pirates. Sir Oliver joins the pirates, gaining the name "Sakr-el-Bahr" (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against his brother.

The book was the basis for The Sea Hawk, the popular 1940 Errol Flynn swashbuckler.

This new digital edition of The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini includes an image gallery.