The Sea Hawk

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1940's paperback edition
The Sea Hawk is a novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1915. The story is set in the late 16th century, and concerns a Cornish sea-faring gentleman, Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous brother. After being forced to serve as a slave on a Spanish galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates under the name "Sakr-el-Bahr", the hawk of the sea, and swears vengeance against his brother.

Sabatini's novel has nothing to do with the well-known 1940 film The Sea Hawk (movie). The silent film adaptation from 1924, starring Milton Sills, was fairly faithful to Sabatini's plot.

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See also: The Sea Hawk, Barbary pirates, Book, Galley, Project Gutenberg, Rafael Sabatini, Spain, The Sea Hawk (movie)