Isaac René Guy le Chapelier his assets. He was arrested, and guillotined in Paris on the same day as Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes. He is a character in Rafael Sabatini's historical novels "Scaramouche" (1921) and "Scaramouche the King-Maker" (1931). Isaac René Guy le Chapelier Isaac René Guy Le Chapelier (12 June 1754 – 22 April 1794) was a French jurist and politician of the Revolutionary period. He was born at Rennes in Brittany, where his father was "bâtonnier" of the corporation of lawyers, a title equivalent to President of the Bar. He entered the law profession, and was a noted orator. In 1789 he
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