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Old 09-18-2009, 07:21 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
Rafael Sabatini and Stanley J. Weyman were prolific authors in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and were very popular in their day. Many of their books are available on this forum.

Scaramouche is probably the best known of Rafael Sabatini's books, and A Gentleman of France or Under the Red Robe were probably the best known of of Stanley J. Weyman's

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Sabatini was sort of the Bernard Cornwell of his time, popping out popular historical fiction books one after the other. It's hard to find one that's a poor read. Particularly good are Captain Blood and one of my all time favorites - Scaramouche, but also excellent are The Sea Hawk and The Black Swan and Mistress Wilding.
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