The Lion's Skin - Softcover

Sabatini, Raphael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755115430 ISBN 13: 9780755115433

Verlag: House of Stratus, 2009

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Justine Caryle is the perfect English gentleman – honourable, brave, loyal, intelligent, except for the fact that he is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Ostermore and the Earl’s true heir is determined to destroy his reputation. Enemies for years, Caryll and Lord Ostermore come face to face once more and become locked in a battle of revenge, jealousy and greed.

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Rafael Sabatini, creator of some of the worlds best-loved heroes, was born in Italy in 1875 to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. 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. Fluent in a total of five languages, he nonetheless chose to write in English, claiming that all the best stories are written in [that language]. His writing career was launched with a collection of short stories, followed by several novels. Fame, however, came with Scaramouche, the much-loved story of the French Revolution, which became an international bestseller. Captain Blood followed soon after, which resulted in a renewed enthusiasm for his earlier work which were rushed into reprint.For many years a prolific writer, he was forced to abandon writing in the 1940s through illness and eventually died in 1950.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. They appeal to both a male and female audience with drama, romance and action, all placed in historical settings.It was once stated in the Daily Telegraph that one wonders if there is another storyteller so adroit at filling his pages with intrigue and counter-intrigue, with danger threaded with romance, with a background of lavish colour, of silks and velvets, of swords and jewels.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: House of Stratus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0755115430
• ISBN 13: 9780755115433
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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