1. Rafael Sabatini was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels.
10 Facts About Rafael Sabatini
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Rafael Sabatini wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902.
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Rafael Sabatini was a prolific writer, producing a new book approximately every year.
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Rafael Sabatini only published three more books before his death in 1950: King in Prussia, Turbulent Tales, and The Gamester.
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Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy, to an English mother, Anna Trafford, and Italian father, Vincenzo Sabatini.
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Rafael Sabatini's parents were opera singers who then became teachers.
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At a young age Rafael Sabatini was exposed to many languages living with his grandfather in Britain.
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Rafael Sabatini attended school in Portugal, and as a teenager in Switzerland.
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Rafael Sabatini consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English".
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Rafael Sabatini was killed in a car crash on 1 April 1927.