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Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was an Italian-born English writer of historical adventure stories. The two best-known are Scaramouche and Captain Blood: His Odyssey, both of which have been filmed multiple times. The 1935 film version of Captain Blood launched Errol Flynn to stardom.

Works written by Rafael Sabatini include:

The Lovers of Yvonne (AKA The Suitors of Yvonne) (1902)
The Tavern Knight (1904)
Bardelys the Magnificent (1906)
The Trampling of the Lilies (1906)
Love-At-Arms (1907)
The Shame of Motley (1908)
St. Martin's Summer (1909)
Mistress Wilding (AKA Anthony Wilding) (1910)
The Lion's Skin (1911)
The Strolling Saint (1913; revised 1925)
The Gates of Doom (1914)
The Sea Hawk (1915) -- Provided the title, but little else, for Errol Flynn's 1940 The Sea Hawk
The Snare (1917)
Scaramouche (1921)
Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1922)
Fortune's Fool (1923)
The Carolinian (1924)
Bellarion the Fortunate (1926)
The Hounds of God (1928)
The Romantic Prince (1929)
The King's Minion (AKA The Minion) (1930)
Scaramouche the Kingmaker (1931)
The Black Swan (1932) -- Adapted into a 1942 Tyrone Power film of the same name; not to be confused with Darren Aronofsky's similarly titled 2010 film.
The Stalking Horse (1933)
Venetian Masque (1934)
Chivalry (1935)
The Lost King (1937)
The Sword of Islam (1939)
The Marquis of Carabas (AKA Master-At-Arms) (1940)
Columbus (1941)
King In Prussia (AKA The Birth of Mischief (1944)
The Gamester (1949)

Rafael Sabatini provides examples of the following tropes:

Hanging Judge: Judge Jeffreys in Captain Blood: His Odyssey.
The Highwayman: Sabatini wrote many stories about highwaymen, including several concerning the fortunes of a charming rogue who called himself "Captain Evans".
Historical Domain Character: Too numerous to list.
Historical Fiction: Most of what he wrote.
Historical Villain Upgrade: King James II in Captain Blood: His Odyssey.
Not in This For Your Revolution: This is a recurring theme in Sabatini's novels: a non-idealistic character is pointedly not supporting a less competent idealistic character on his/her quest. Then the forces the idealist opposes hurts the non-idealist or those he cares for. This is a Bad Move.
Scooby-Doo Hoax: "The Plague of Ghosts"
Swashbuckler: Most of what he wrote.
This Is My Name on Foreign: In Captain Blood: His Odyssey, the title character Peter Blood is known as Don Pedro Sangre and Le Sang when dealing with the Spanish and French respectively.
Wooden Ships and Iron Men: Captain Blood: His Odyssey, The Sea Hawk

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-'''Rafael Sabatini''' (1875 - 1950) was an Italian-born English writer of historical adventure stories. The two best-known are ''[[Scaramouche]]'' and ''Captain Blood: His Odyssey'', both of which have been filmed multiple times. The 1935 film version of ''[[Captain Blood (Film)|Captain Blood]]'' launched [[Errol Flynn]] to stardom.
+'''Rafael Sabatini''' (1875 - 1950) was an Italian-born English writer of historical adventure stories. The two best-known are ''[[Scaramouche]]'' and ''Captain Blood: His Odyssey'', both of which have been filmed multiple times. The 1935 film version of ''[[Captain Blood]]'' launched [[Errol Flynn]] to stardom.
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-=== [[Rafael Sabatini]]'s works include: ===
 * ''The Lovers of Yvonne'' (<small>AKA</small> ''The Suitors of Yvonne'') (1902)
 * ''The Tavern Knight'' (1904)
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 * ''The Strolling Saint'' (1913; revised 1925)
 * ''The Gates of Doom'' (1914)
-* ''The Sea Hawk'' (1915) -- Provided the title, but little else, for [[Errol Flynn]]'s 1940 ''[[The Sea Hawk (Film)|The Sea Hawk]]''
+* ''The Sea Hawk'' (1915) -- Provided the title, but little else, for [[Errol Flynn]]'s 1940 ''[[The Sea Hawk]]''
 * ''The Snare'' (1917)
 * ''[[Scaramouche]]'' (1921)
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 * ''The King's Minion'' (<small>AKA</small> ''The Minion'') (1930)
 * ''Scaramouche the Kingmaker'' (1931)
-* ''The Black Swan'' (1932) -- Adapted into a 1942 Tyrone Power film of the same name; [[Names the Same|not to be confused with]] Darren Aronofsky's [[Black Swan (Film)|similarly titled]] 2010 film.
+* ''The Black Swan'' (1932) -- Adapted into a 1942 Tyrone Power film of the same name; [[Name's the Same|not to be confused with]] Darren Aronofsky's [[Black Swan|similarly titled]] 2010 film.
 * ''The Stalking Horse'' (1933)
 * ''Venetian Masque'' (1934)
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 * ''The Gamester'' (1949)
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-=== Works by Sabatini with their own trope pages include: ===
-* ''[[Scaramouche]]''
-=== Sabatini's other works include the following tropes: ===
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 * [[Hanging Judge]]: Judge Jeffreys in ''Captain Blood: His Odyssey''.
 * [[The Highwayman]]: Sabatini wrote many stories about highwaymen, including several concerning the fortunes of a charming rogue who called himself "Captain Evans".
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 * [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: King James II in ''Captain Blood: His Odyssey''.
 * [[Not in This For Your Revolution]]: This is a recurring theme in Sabatini's novels: a non-idealistic character is pointedly not supporting a less competent idealistic character on his/her quest. Then the forces the idealist opposes hurts the non-idealist or those he cares for. This is a Bad Move.
-* [[Scooby Doo Hoax]]: "The Plague of Ghosts"
+* [[Scooby-Doo Hoax]]: "The Plague of Ghosts"
 * [[Swashbuckler]]: Most of what he wrote.
-* [[This Is My Name On Foreign]]: In ''Captain Blood: His Odyssey'', the title character Peter Blood is known as Don Pedro Sangre and Le Sang when dealing with the Spanish and French respectively.
+* [[This Is My Name on Foreign]]: In ''Captain Blood: His Odyssey'', the title character Peter Blood is known as Don Pedro Sangre and Le Sang when dealing with the Spanish and French respectively.
 * [[Wooden Ships and Iron Men]]: ''Captain Blood: His Odyssey'', ''The Sea Hawk''
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