Rafael Sabatini composition, though he did write several works during that time. Sabatini died in Switzerland February 13, 1950. He was buried in Adelboden, Switzerland. On his headstone his wife had written, "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad", the first line of "Scaramouche". Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-English writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: "The Sea Hawk" (1915), "Scaramouche" (1921), "Captain Blood" (a.k.a. "The Odyssey of Captain Blood") (1922), and "Bellarion the Fortunate" (1926). In
Rafael Sabatini novel came out in 1902. In 1905, he married Ruth Goad Dixon, the daughter of a Liverpool merchant. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of a century of hard work before he attained success with "Scaramouche" in 1921. The novel, an historical romance set during the French Revolution, became an international bestseller. It was followed by the equally successful "Captain Blood" (1922). All of his earlier books were rushed into reprints, the most popular of which was "The Sea Hawk" (1915). Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year and maintained a great deal of