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Rafael Sabatini

Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was raised in Italy, England, and Switzerland by his Italian father and English mother, opera singers both. He moved to England in his teens and began writing fiction. He became a British citizen to avoid subscription into the Italian army during W.W.I. He later joined the British Secret Service as a translator.

Sabatini wrote for many years before obtaining success with the novel Scaramouche (1921), a romantic historical tale of fugitive aristocrat Andre Moreau set during the French Revolution. The novel is swashbuckling good fun. Captin Blood (1922) was his other great success. Sabatini published another 29 novels most of which are now out-of-print. Most of his short stories remain uncollected.

Sabatini's headstone is inscribed with the first words from Scaramouche:

"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad."

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Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an author of novels of romance and adventure.

He was born in Jesi, Italy and died in Switzerland.

He was the author of more than 30 novels and many collections of short stories. He is best known for his world-wide bestsellers:

The Sea Hawk (1915), a tale of the Armada and the pirates of the Barbary Coast;
Scaramouche (1921), a tale of the French Revolution in which a fugitive hides out in a commedia dell'arte troupe; and
Captain Blood (1922), in which the title character is admiral of a fleet of pirate ships. (He also wrote two sequels.)