Set against the backdrop of the Spanish invasion of England during the reign of Elizabeth I, <i>The Sea Hawk</i> is a classic of the pirate genre.<br /><br />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 &quot;Sakr-el-Bahr&quot; (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against his brother.&nbsp;The book was the basis for <i>The Sea Hawk</i>, the popular 1940 Errol Flynn swashbuckler.<br /><br />This new digital edition of <i>The Sea Hawk</i> by Rafael Sabatini includes an image gallery.