5/29/2023 0 Comments Scaramouche the kingmaker![]() They appeal to both a male and female audience with drama, romance and action, all placed in historical settings. Sabatini is best remembered for his heroic characters and high-spirited novels, many of which have been adapted into classic films, including Scaramouche, Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk. For many years a prolific writer, he was forced to abandon writing in the 1940’s through illness and eventually died in 1950. ‘Captain Blood’ followed soon after, which resulted in a renewed enthusiasm for his earlier work which were rushed into reprint. Fame, however, came with ‘Scaramouche’, the much-loved story of the French Revolution, which became an international bestseller. His writing career was launched with a collection of short stories, followed by several novels. ![]() ![]() Fluent in a total of five languages, he nonetheless chose to write in English, claiming that ‘all the best stories are written in ’. He was educated in Portugal and Switzerland, but at seventeen moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. ![]() Author biography: Raphael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini, creator of some of the world’s best-loved heroes, was born in Italy in 1875 to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. ![]()
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