RAFAEL SABATINI - Ultimate Collection: 100+ Titles in One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Greatest Adventure Novels & Stories, Including Drama & Historical BooksDe Rafael Sabatini
Duração288h 23m
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This capacious volume gathers more than a hundred works by Rafael Sabatini, placing his celebrated historical romances—among them Scaramouche, Captain Blood, and The Sea-Hawk—beside shorter fiction, lesser-known novels, and related writings. Read together, they reveal a prose style at once theatrical, ironic, and richly informed by European history. Sabatini belongs to the great tradition of the adventure romance, yet his work complicates swashbuckling spectacle with political upheaval, moral ambiguity, and a keen sense of historical performance. Born in Italy in 1875 and raised amid several languages and cultures, Sabatini brought a distinctly cosmopolitan imagination to English popular fiction. His familiarity with continental Europe, his fascination with the Renaissance, revolution, piracy, and courtly intrigue, and his disciplined career as a professional storyteller all shaped his art. He wrote not merely to escape into the past, but to dramatize how character is tested by violence, loyalty, ambition, and historical change. This collection is recommended to readers who want both entertainment and literary breadth. It offers swordplay, romance, wit, and political drama, while also providing a substantial portrait of one of the twentieth century's most accomplished historical novelists.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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Avaliação★★★★★ 4,6 (11)
Inclui Amazon
GêneroHistorical Fiction, Action and Adventure
Duração288 h 23 min
Narrado porOuça com mais de 1.000 vozes
FormatoeBook com áudio
Data de publicação2 de out. de 2020
IdiomaInglês
Sumário
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Novels
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6Scaramouche (pt. 1)
7Scaramouche (pt. 2)
8Scaramouche (pt. 3)
9Scaramouche (pt. 4)
10Scaramouche (pt. 5)
11Scaramouche (pt. 6)
12Captain Blood (pt. 1)
13Captain Blood (pt. 2)
14Captain Blood (pt. 3)
15Captain Blood (pt. 4)
16Captain Blood (pt. 5)
17Captain Blood (pt. 6)
18The Lovers of Yvonne (pt. 1)
19The Lovers of Yvonne (pt. 2)
20The Lovers of Yvonne (pt. 3)
21The Tavern Knight (pt. 1)
22The Tavern Knight (pt. 2)
23The Tavern Knight (pt. 3)
24The Tavern Knight (pt. 4)
25Bardelys the Magnificent (pt. 1)
26Bardelys the Magnificent (pt. 2)
27Bardelys the Magnificent (pt. 3)
28Bardelys the Magnificent (pt. 4)
29The Trampling of the Lilies (pt. 1)
30The Trampling of the Lilies (pt. 2)
31The Trampling of the Lilies (pt. 3)
32The Trampling of the Lilies (pt. 4)
33Love-at-Arms (pt. 1)
34Love-at-Arms (pt. 2)
35Love-at-Arms (pt. 3)
36Love-at-Arms (pt. 4)
37The Shame of Motley (pt. 1)
38The Shame of Motley (pt. 2)
39The Shame of Motley (pt. 3)
40The Shame of Motley (pt. 4)
41St. Martin's Summer (pt. 1)
42St. Martin's Summer (pt. 2)
43St. Martin's Summer (pt. 3)
44St. Martin's Summer (pt. 4)
45Mistress Wilding (pt. 1)
46Mistress Wilding (pt. 2)
47Mistress Wilding (pt. 3)
48Mistress Wilding (pt. 4)
49Mistress Wilding (pt. 5)
50The Lion's Skin (pt. 1)
Brethren of the MainRafael Sabatini2h 25min4.1 (36)$1 · $0.00
Collected WorksRafael Sabatini287h 4min4.5 (122)$0.99 · $0.00
Scaramouche & Scaramouche the King-Maker (Historical Novels)Rafael Sabatini29h 47min$0.99 · $0.00
The Greatest Maritime Novels, Pirate Stories & Treasure-Hunt TalesRafael Sabatini, R. L. Stevenson, Daniel Defoe, Tobias Smollett, Walter Scott, Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Jack London, Frederick Marryat, Edgar Allan Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Thomas Mayne Reid, Victor Hugo, R. M. Ballantyne, Jules Verne, L. Frank Baum, Randall Parrish, Charles Boardman Hawes, Rudyard Kipling, Ralph Henry Barbour, Jeffery Farnol570h 16min$0.99 · $0.00
The Sea Hawk and Captain BloodRafael Sabatini26h 51min4.2 (4.3K)$0.99 · $0.00
BEACH BOOKS Boxed Set: The Greatest Sea Adventure Novels, Pirate Books & Treasure-Hunt TalesRafael Sabatini, R. L. Stevenson, Daniel Defoe, Tobias Smollett, Walter Scott, Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Jack London, Frederick Marryat, Edgar Allan Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Thomas Mayne Reid, Victor Hugo, R. M. Ballantyne, Jules Verne, L. Frank Baum, Randall Parrish, Charles Boardman Hawes, Rudyard Kipling, Ralph Henry Barbour, Jeffery Farnol570h 16min4.4 (11)$1.99 · $0.00
Skull & Crossbones: 70 Pirate AdventuresRafael Sabatini, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Louis Stevenson, Richard Le Gallienne, Daniel Defoe, Harry Collingwood, Walter Scott, B. Barker, Gilbert Parker, Joseph Conrad, Angus B. Reach, Jules Verne, L. Frank Baum, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. M. Ballantyne, Bret Harte, Jack London, Frederick Marryat, Jeffery Farnol, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, William Hope Hodgson, William Henry Giles Kingston, G. A. Henty, Alexandre Dumas, Harold MacGrath, Frederick Ferdinand Moore, W. H. G. Kingston, John C. Hutcheson, Bracebridge Hemyng, Richard Clynton, Edmund Lester Pearson, Frank R. Stockton, Gordon Daviot, Mayne Reid, Francis Lynde, T. Jenkins Hains, Louis Becke, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Emerson Hough, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Carter, Mór Jókai, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Theodore Goodridge Roberts, Maturin M. Ballou726h 17min4.4 (15)$1.99
Bellarion the Fortunate (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini17h 12min4.4 (10)$2 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20min4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Fortune's Fool (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini11h 9min3.7 (133)$2 · $0.00
CAPTAIN BLOOD & THE SEA HAWK (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini26h 54min$2 · $0.00
Scaramouche (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini15h 24min4.6 (1.8K)$2 · $0.00
The Black Swan (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini9h 28min4.5 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini12h 47min3.8 (84)$2 · $0.00
Love-at-Arms (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini10h 20min3.9 (268)$2 · $0.00
Venetian MasqueRafael Sabatini11h 56min4.1 (111)$1 · $0.00
The Banner of the BullRafael Sabatini7h 29min4.0 (70)$2 · $0.00
The Marquis of CarabasRafael Sabatini13h 59min4.1 (148)$2 · $0.00
The TyrantRafael Sabatini5h 13min4.4 (10)$2 · $0.00
The Lion's SkinRafael Sabatini9h 27min3.9 (289)$2 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43min4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Under the Light of the Italian MoonJennifer Anton12h 28min4.5 (5.3K)$23 · $0.00
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionMargaret Walker15h 43min4.5 (9.5K)$25 · $0.00
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen14h 44min4.4 (4.7M)$2 · $0.00
Flying Colours (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith9h 26min4.4 (10.1K)$2 · $0.00
With Love from HarlemReShonda Tate13h 48min4.5 (2K)$6 · $0.00
Sweet Home Highland ChristmasMay McGoldrick, Jan Coffey2h 54min4.5 (1.4K)$7 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideL. M. Montgomery12h 25min4.4 (67.5K)$2 · $0.00
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Annotated)Willa Cather9h 13min4.4 (4.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Long FallPenelope Wilcock8h 5min4.5 (458)$20 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7min4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Goddess of WarsawLisa Barr13h 4min4.4 (36.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Ohio River Trilogy: Betty Zane, The Spirit of the Border & The Last TrailZane Grey29h 8min4.4 (1.8K)$1 · $0.00
The Attic ChildLola Jaye14h 46min4.4 (21K)$33 · $0.00
Martyr of the CatacombsJames De Mille3h 41min4.5 (744)$1 · $0.00
Quo VadisHenryk Sienkiewicz22h 52min4.4 (62K)$21 · $0.00
Bring Up The BodiesHilary Mantel14h 35min4.4 (150K)$33 · $0.00
By the Shores of Silver LakeLaura Ingalls Wilder7h 38min4.4 (103.7K)$1 · $0.00
Sexy/DangerousBeverly Jenkins10h 19min4.4 (2.3K)$29 · $0.00
Trustee from the ToolroomNevil Shute Norway11h 42min4.4 (10.5K)$1 · $0.00
An Inside JobDaniel Silva9h 28min4.4 (26.3K)$29 · $0.00
The CommodoreP. T. Deutermann11h 53min4.5 (2.4K)$20 · $0.00
A Closed and Common OrbitBecky Chambers11h 30min4.4 (140.7K)$29 · $0.00
Thud!Terry Pratchett10h 31min4.4 (112.6K)$8 · $0.00
All Quiet on the Western Front (Annotated)Erich Maria Remarque8h 34min4.4 (12.9K)$1.99 · $0.00
Exit FeeBrad Taylor3h 16min4.5 (1.9K)$18 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7min4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Ohio River Trilogy: Betty Zane, The Spirit of the Border & The Last TrailZane Grey29h 8min4.4 (1.8K)$1 · $0.00
A Darkness ReturnsRaymond E. Feist19h 29min4.4 (1.9K)$40 · $0.00
THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN (Annotated)James Oliver Curwood8h 25min4.5 (420)$2 · $0.00
West of the TularosaLouis L’Amour5h 53min4.4 (3.6K)$20 · $0.00
The Emperor's FistJay Allan8h 37min4.5 (272)$26 · $0.00
The Amazing Interlude (Annotated)Mary Roberts Rinehart8h 42min4.5 (365)$1.99 · $0.00
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Annotated)C. S. Forester14h 7min4.4 (17.3K)$2 · $0.00
Shades of WickedJeaniene Frost8h 51min4.4 (19.5K)$29 · $0.00
The Log of a Cowboy (Annotated)Andy Adams9h 47min4.4 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Everything She WantedJennifer Ryan9h 9min4.4 (1.3K)$29 · $0.00
The Ballad of the White HorseG. K. Chesterton2h 43min4.4 (3.8K)$1.20 · $0.00
The Complete Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer Adventures (Unabridged) (Annotated)Mark Twain26h 21min4.3 (16.7K)$2 · $0.00
Countdown to MidnightDale Brown13h 6min4.3 (4.1K)$33 · $0.00