Книга: Rafael Sabatini «Fortune's Fool»
At first he had protested against the extravagance of the entertainment. But his protests had been laughed aside with good-humoured scorn. His hostess knew a gentleman when she saw one, he was assured, and knew how a gentleman should be entertained. Unsuspicious of the designs upon him, he never dreamed that the heavy debt he was incurring was one of the coils employed by this cunning huntress in which to bind him. -from "Chapter 1: The Hostess of the Paul's Head" Often spoken of in the same breath as Robert Louis Stevenson and Alexandre Dumas, Rafael Sabatini wrote thrilling tales of swashbuckling derring-do that were tremendous bestsellers in his day and have delighted generations of readers since. This 1922 novel, set in Reformation-era England, follows the misfortunes and misadventures of Randal Holles, a former soldier adrift without a war to fight... though the one threatening to erupt with Holland may be his grim salvation. Replete with intrigue, kidnapping, regicide, and... Издательство: "Книга по Требованию" (2005)
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Rafael Sabatini
Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British
Life
Rafael Sabatini was born in
At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages, living with his grandfather in
After a brief stint in the
His only son, Rafael-Angelo (nicknamed Binkie), was killed in a car crash on April 1, 1927.In 1931, he and his wife Ruth divorced. Later that year he moved from London to
By the 1940s, illness forced the writer to slow his prolific method of composition. However, he did write several additional works even during that time. He died February 13, 1950 in Switzerland. He is buried at
He is best known for his world-wide
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*"Captain Blood" (1922), in which the title character is admiral of a fleet of pirate ships (Sabatini also wrote two sequels); and
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In all, he produced thirty one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and a play.
Works
eries
caramouche
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* "Scaramouche the Kingmaker" (1931)
Captain Blood
* "Captain Blood" (1922) (also known as "Captain Blood His Odyssey")
* "Captain Blood Returns "(also known as "The Chronicles of Captain Blood ",1931)
* "The Fortunes of Captain Blood "(1936) (N.B. "Captain Blood Returns" and "The Fortunes of Captain Blood" are not sequels, but collections of short stories set entirely within the timeframe of the original novel.)
Novels
* "The Lovers of Yvonne" (also known as "The Suitors of Yvonne ",1902)
* "The Tavern Knight" (1904)
* "Bardelys the Magnificent" (1905)
* "The Trampling of the Lilies" (1906)
* "Love-At-Arms: Being a narrative excerpted from the chronicles of Urbino during the dominion of the High and Mighty Messer Guidobaldo da Montefeltro" (1907)
* "The Shame of Motley" (1908)
* "St. Martin's Summer" (1909)
* "Mistress Wilding" (also known as "Anthony Wilding ",1910)
* "The Lion's Skin" (1911)
* "The Strolling Saint" (1913)
* "The Gates of Doom" (1914)
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* "The Snare" (1917)
* "Fortune's Fool" (1923)
* "The Carolinian" (1924)
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* "The Hounds of God" (1928)
* "The Romantic Prince" (1929)
* "The King's Minion" (also known as "The Minion ",1930)
* "The Black Swan" (1932)
* "The Stalking Horse" (1933)
* "Venetian Masque" (1934)
* "Chivalry" (1935)
* "Scaramis" (1936')
* "The Lost King' (1937)
* "The Sword of Islam" (1939)
* "The Marquis of Carabas" (also known as "Master-At-Arms ",1940)
* "Columbus" (1941)
* "King In Prussia" (also known as "The Birth of Mischief ",1944)
* "The Gamester" (1949)
* "Saga of the sea" (1953)
* "The Treasure Ship" (2004)
Collections
* "The Justice of the Duke "(1912)
* "The Banner of the Bull "(1915)
* "The Nuptials of Corbal "(1927)
* "The Reaping "(1929)
* "Turbulent Tales "(1946)
*" Sinner, Saint And Jester: A Trilogy in Romantic Adventure (omnibus, 1954)
* "In the Shadow of the Guillotine" (Omnibus comprising "Scaramouche", "The Marquis of Carabas" and "The Lost King ",1955)
* "A Fair Head of Angling Stories "(1989)
* "The Fortunes of Casanova and Other Stories " (1994, stories originally published 1907-21 & 1934)
*" The Outlaws of Falkensteig "(2000, stories originally published 1900-2)
* "The Camisade: And Other Stories of the French Revolution "(2001, stories originally published 1900-16)
Plays
* "The Tyrant: An Episode in the Career of Cesare Borgia, a Play in Four Acts "(1925)
Anthologies edited
* "A Century of Sea Stories "(1935)
* "A Century of Historical Stories "(1936)
Non fiction
* "The Life of Cesare Borgia "(1912)
* "Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition "(1913)
* "The Historical Nights' Entertainment "(1917)
* "Heroic Lives "(1934)
Epitaph
Sabatini's
External links
* [http://www.rafaelsabatini.com/ Rafael Sabatini.com]
*gutenberg author|id=Rafael_Sabatini|name=Rafael Sabatini
* [http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#sabatini Works by Rafael Sabatini] at [http://gutenberg.net.au/ Project Gutenberg of Australia]
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3ASabatini%20-contributor%3Agutenberg%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Works by Rafael Sabatini] at
* [http://newportvintagebooks.com/gallery/sabatini/index.htm Rafael Sabatini Dustjacket Gallery]
* [http://denenberg.com/sabatini/ Sabatini Timeline] , a chronology of events in Sabatini's works
Источник: Rafael Sabatini
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