Book description
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BEN KANE
Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman, is blessed with 'youth,
wealth, and good digestion'. When he is betrayed by his half-brother
he becomes a Barbary pirate and wins the title of Sakr-el-Bahr - Hawk
of the Sea. He becomes the scourge of the Mediterranean and the terror
of Christians....
Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy in 1875 to an English mother
and Italian father, both renowned opera singers. At a young age, Rafael
travelled frequently, and could speak six languages fluently by the age
of seventeen. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini turned
to writing. He worked prolifically, writing short stories in the 1890s,
with his first novel published in 1902. Scaramouche was published in
1921 to widespread acclaim, and was soon followed by the equally
succesful Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk. He died on February 13, 1950
in Switzerland.
