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Rafael Sabatini
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Book Author, Short Story Author Biography:Rafael Sabatini is seldom mentioned in the 21st century -- indeed, he was seldom mentioned in popular culture during the final years of the 20th century, apart from a jocular reference in the prelude to the Michael Palin/Saturday Night Live sketch "The Adventures of Miles Copperthwaite." But during the first half of the 20th century, from the teens until the '40s, his books sold by the millions around the world, and movie studios lined up to bid on the film rights to his historical adventure stories. Sabatini was born to an Italian father, Maestro-Cavaliere Vincenzo Sabatini, and an English mother, the former Anna Trafford, in 1875. He was born and raised in Jesi, which was then a small city with a medieval cathedral and ruins; it seems to have sparked his early interest in history. As a boy, he became fixated on history above and beyond the study of any other subject. He learned English from his... Full Biography
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