THE LOST KING

by Sabatini, Rafael

Later Printing

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Book description: NY: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1937 Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued). 8vo. iv, 379, (1) pp. Bound in publisher's full purple cloth, gilt lettering and borders on spine, elaborate blind-stamped decoration on cover and spine. This is an excellent, seemingly unread copy. There is a former owner's printed bookplate on the ffep, else fine+. A brilliant historical novel of Louis XVII, the Lost King. Rafael Sabatini was born April 29, 1875 in Jesi, Italy. His mother was English, his father Italian. His parents were operas singers who became teachers. For instance, John McCormack was among their pupils. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages, attending school in Portugal and, as a teenager, in Switzerland. By the time he was seventeen, when he went to England to live permanently, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, all the best stories are written in English. " "After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of century of hard work before he attained success with Scaramouche in 1921. This brilliant novel of the French Revolution became an international best-seller. It was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood in 1922. All of his earlier books were rushed into reprints, the most popular of which was The Sea Hawk from 1915. "Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. While he perhaps didn't achieve the mammoth success of Scaramouche and Captain Blood, nonetheless Sabatini still maintained a great deal of popularity with the reading public through the decades that followed. The public knew that in picking up a Sabatini book, they could always count upon a good read, and his following was loyal and extensive. By the 1940s, illness forced the writer to slow his prolific method of composition. However, he did write several additional works even during that time. He died February 13, 1950 in Switzerland. He is buried at Adelboden, Switzerland. On his head stone his wife had written, "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. " - J. F. Knight. Quite scarce in this fine condition. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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