"The Sea Hawk" is Raphael Sabatini's classic tale of nautical adventure set in the late 16th century. It is the story of Sir Oliver Tressilian who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. Being forced into slavery aboard a Spanish galley, Sir Oliver is subsequently freed by Barbary pirates whom he joins and gains the name "Sakr-el-Bahr", or the hawk of the sea. A gripping tale of action and adventure set aboard the high seas, "The Sea Hawk"...

Set in England during the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion, this rousing 1910 novel contains all the swordplay, intrigue, and star-crossed romance that marks Sabatini at his best. As Monmouth leads his doomed revolt, young Anthony Wilding tries to help the Duke while simultaneously attempting to win the heart of a lady.

Bardelys the Magnificent is a 1906 historical adventure novel by the Italian-born British writer Rafael Sabatini. It is set in France during the reign of Louis XIII. In 1926 the story was adapted into a film version Bardelys the Magnificent by the Hollywood studio MGM, with John Gilbert playing the title role. It is is a first-person adventure told by a wealthy French nobleman of rakish, but honorable, character. Mistaken identity, romance with a...

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Rafael Sabatini: •SCARAMOUCHE •THE SEA-HAWK •CAPTAIN BLOODTHE TAVERN KNIGHT •THE SHAME OF MOTLEY •BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT •THE HISTORICAL NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT - First Series - Second Series •THE LIFE OF CESARE BORGIA •THE LION'S SKIN •LOVE-AT-ARMS •MISTRESS WILDING •ST. MARTIN'S SUMMER •THE SNARE •THE TRAMPLING OF THE LILIES

The Suitors of Yvonne also known as The Lovers of Yvonne was written in 1902. This first novel of Sabatini is told in the first person narrative style. It is a swashbuckling romance, full of swordplay, foiled assassination attempts, and a heroic rescue. Sabatini is a master of writing action and adventure scenes. (Goodreads)

Shortly after Caron La Boulaye shocks a young aristocratic woman with a profession of love, her father almost succeeds in having Caron killed. Four years later, France is in the middle of the revolution, Caron is a highly-placed politician, and the woman, Suzanne, needs the help of the man she once rejected. (Goodreads)

The life of an heiress is in jeopardy and her only hope is to place her trust in the wiles of a middle-aged swordsman with no use for "women's troubles." As the plots of the conspirators converge it will take all the wiles and accumulated wisdom of Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache to uncover their identity, to save Valerie de La Vauvraye and keep his promise to his Queen. A great swashbuckler with a fun romance plot. Some of the twists of the plot...

A selection of short works in which Sabatini writes as different protagonists out for a night on the town. Using his talent for imagery, his art as a wordsmith and his wry sense of humor, it makes these books a window into the past. To this edition of the Second Series of The Historical Nights' Entertainment are added three stories from the volume originally published under the title of The Justice of the Duke. (Goodreads)

Torquemada, the dour Dominican Friar, was responsible for one of the cruellest examples of religious persecution the world has ever known. Driven by his own warped genius, and against the express wishes of his king and queen, he single-handedly engineered torture and fear to a staggering degree. For Torquemada was the original President of the Spanish Inquisition. All you might ever want to know about Torquemada is here, the background to his inquisition,...

Published in 1913, this swashbuckling yet satirical adventure, set in the sixteenth century, tells of Agostino d'Anguissola, a nobleman raised in extreme piety by his devout mother. But Agostino finds himself exposed to the raw passion and deadly politics of the wider world upon learning more about his father's rebellious ways.