The Sea Hawk - Softcover

Sabatini, Raphael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075511552X ISBN 13: 9780755115525

Verlag: House of Stratus, 2008

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Sir Oliver, a typical English gentleman, is accused of murder, kidnapped off the Cornish coast, and dragged into life as a Barbary corsair. However Sir Oliver rises to the challenge and proves a worthy hero for this much-admired novel. Religious conflict, melodrama, romance and intrigue combine to create a masterly and highly successful story, perhaps best known for its many film adaptations. Please Note: Currently, the House of Stratus edition is only available in the USA.

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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. 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 1940 s 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: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 075511552X
• ISBN 13: 9780755115525
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 370
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar