Collected Stories (Esprios Classics)

Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. At a young age Rafael was exposed to many languages. By the time he was seventeen he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. He wrote short stories in the 1890s and his first novel came out in 1902. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language because he said all the best stories are written in English. In all he produced thirty-one novels eight short story collections six nonfiction books numerous uncollected short stories and a play. He is best known for his world-wide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk (1915) Scaramouche (1921) Captain Blood (1922) and Bellarion the Fortunate (1926).