![]() ![]() Andre-Louis is very fond of de Kercadiou’s niece Aline, so when he finds out she’s planning on accepting a proposal from the Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr for practical reasons, not love, he’s deeply disappointed. Andre-Louis Moreau is a young lawyer of unknown parentage, but has a protective godfather, Quentin de Kercadiou, a local lord in Brittany, France. Other famous works by Sabatini are The Lion's Skin (1911), The Strolling Saint (1913) and The Snare (1917).Ĥ.5 stars for this swashbuckling historical novel, written in 1921 by Rafael Sabatini, set during French Revolution times in the late 1700s. He is best known for his world-wide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk (1915), Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (1922) and Bellarion the Fortunate (1926). " In all, he produced thirty one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and a play. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English. Sabatini was a prolific writer he produced a new book approximately every year. ![]() He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. By the time he was seventeen, he was the master of five languages. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages. Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. ![]()
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