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“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad!” The wonderful opening lines of this 1921 novel set the tone for the rest of this delightful story of an adventurer and romantic who dons several roles in his colorful life.Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini is an historical novel set in the turbulent times of the French Revolution. The plot describes Andre-Louis Moreau, a young lawyer adopted by his godfather who cannot reveal his parentage. Moreau inadvertently stumbles into political events and becomes a wanted man based on the evil machinations of a sinister Marquis. He is forced to go underground and joins a group of Commedia dell' Arte traveling players, where he takes on the role of a scheming blackguard, Scaramouche. Here again, he falls foul of powerful aristocrats and escapes being kidnapped and murdered. His next adventures take place in a fencing academy where he develops his own brilliant techniques. He inherits the school on the death of the owner and comes face to face with his nemesis again. The plot takes several more interesting twists and turns before racing to its exciting conclusion.Rafael Sabatini's Italian father and an English mother were both opera singers and gifted music teachers. He was a linguistic genius, proficient in many European languages and deliberately chose to write in English because he felt that the best stories are written in that language. He began writing short stories in the 1890s and quickly graduated to novels. He produced more than 40 full length novels, several short stories, many collections of verse and also several historical novels in his long and successful career. However, Scaramouche remains one of his most well known works and though he attempted a sequel ten years later, it couldn't match the success of the first book. The novel's immortal lines were Other best-sellers include Captain Blood and The Sea-Hawk. Many of his books were adapted to film in the silent film era and though they're lost to viewers today, Sabatini's fame as a writer of racy adventure thrillers remains intact more than half a century after his death.The 1952 film version of Scaramouche remains the most famous one, with Stewart Granger playing the swashbuckling hero. It also holds the record for one of the longest sword fighting scenes ever filmed.Scaramouche is a delightful, exciting read for all ages and is certainly a great addition to your bookshelf!

Scaramouche is an historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. A romantic adventure, Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist.The three-part novel opens with the memorable line: "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." This line was to become Sabatini's epitaph, on his gravestone in Adelboden, Switzerland.

With swordfights and romance, adventure and treachery set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this is the book that made Sabatini famous. André-Louis Moreau has good prospects as a young lawyer, but an unfair duel with the ruthlessly cruel Count de La Tour d'Azyr leaves André-Louis's best friend dead and André-Louis himself a fugitive from the King's justice. While incognito, he becomes both a wildly popular actor and a firebrand of the Revolution. His vow to avenge his friend's murder leads him deeper into the political intrigues that surround the Revolution, and to a position of power. But there are secrets to be revealed that will stun all of Paris.One of the best historical romances of all time, Scaramouche was a bestseller upon its original publication in the U.S. in 1921.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini – Adventuresome Tales During the French Revolution When you think of sword fighting heroes, you mostly tend to remember Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo or the Three Musketeers. Rafael Sabatini, however, brings a fresh perspective through one of his most famous novels and possibly one of the most outstanding historic novels and tales of adventure associated with the early romantic period: Scaramouche.Scaramouche is an extremely complex, multi-dimensional and highly skilled character that is portrayed in the story by a young lawyer by the name of Moreau. A cynic at first, Moreau becomes an actor, sword master and exemplary orator, dazzling his opponents with his exceptional fencing skills, and eventually taking on the name and role of Scaramouche, a roguish buffoon from the Commedia dell'Arte. Most experts would consider Moreau/Scaramouche to be one of the most complex characters you can find in any novel associated with the French Revolution, the story itself depicting the complex political landscape of the time in great detail, while Sabatini's style remains quite flowery and extravagant, but is never described as being dated.Moreau's remarkable transformation is shown in perspective with the fast paced of the story and the quickly evolving circumstances – which often force the hero to change sides and fight for those he had previously considered his foes. Although driven by revenge, love is also in the cards for Scaramouche, the novel telling of his pursuit of a beautiful lady by the name of Aline de Kercadiou.Sabatini is ranked among some of the greatest adventure novel writers of all time, including Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson and Baroness Orczy. Scaramouche is considered to be his masterpiece, and according to many people, the most engaging and well-written adventure and historical novel of all time.

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