The cover page is adapted from The Sea-Hawk, a painting completed in 1923 by Harold Mathews Brett. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Mathews_Brettwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Sea Hawk
Chapters (35)
- Note 0:00
- Part I: Sir Oliver Tressilian: I: The Huckster 6:17
- II: Rosamund 28:19
- III: The Forge 52:53
- IV: The Intervener 1:15:55
- V: The Buckler 1:39:31
- VI: Jasper Leigh 2:03:58
- VII: Trepanned 2:36:27
- VIII: The Spaniard 2:51:40
- Part II: Sakr-El-Bahr: I: The Captive 3:12:43
- II: The Renegade 3:33:17
- III: Homeward Bound 4:14:11
- IV: The Raid 4:23:10
- V: Lion of the Faith 4:58:19
- VI: The Convert 5:16:13
- VII: Marzak-Ben-Asad 5:32:37
- VIII: Mother and Son 5:52:15
- IX: Competitors 6:16:48
- X: The Slave Market 6:42:28
- XI: The Truth 7:18:47
- XII: The Subtlety of Fenzileh 8:01:10
- XIII: In the Sight of Allah 8:25:27
- XIV: The Sign 8:47:48
- XV: The Voyage 9:10:59
- XVI: The Pannier 9:31:56
- XVII: The Dupe 9:50:01
- XVIII: Sheik Mat 10:00:07
- XIX: The Mutineers 10:30:33
- XX: The Messenger 10:57:56
- XXI: Moriturus 11:12:58
- XXII: The Surrender 11:28:06
- XXIII: The Heathen Creed 11:54:15
- XXIV: The Judges 12:08:32
- XXV: The Advocate 12:29:35
- XXVI: The Judgement 13:01:55
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Sir Oliver Tressilian, a retired seafarer, lives in Cornwall with his half-brother Lionel. After Lionel kills the brother of Oliver’s beloved Rosamund, Oliver protects him by letting it be assumed that he himself did the deed. Lionel, becoming paranoid that Oliver will one day expose him, has Oliver kidnapped and sold into slavery. After Oliver’s ship is attacked by Muslim corsairs, Oliver regains his freedom by joining them and embracing Islam. He eventually rises to the position of the leader’s right hand man and earns the title of Sakr-El-Bahr—“The Hawk of the Sea” for his daring.
Despite his success with the corsairs, Oliver never forgets the wrongs that were inflicted on him and, when the opportunity arises, he maneuvers to seek vengeance on Lionel and to reclaim the heart of Rosamund. What follows is a grand, swashbuckling adventure as only Sabatini can write.
The Sea Hawk inspired two movies, the most recent of which premiered in 1940 and starred Errol Flynn.