Contents include: The Fool"s Love Story, The Vicomte"s Wager, The Curate and the Actress, Sword and Mitre, The Dupes, The Malediction, The Red Owl, Out of the Dice Box, The Marquis" Coach, Tommy, The Lottery Ticket, The Duellist"s Wife, The Ducal Rival, The Siege of Savigny, The Sacrifice, The Locket, The Devourer of Hearts, Annabel"s Wager, Mr Dewbury"s Consent, The Act of Sequestration, The Foster-Lover, The Blackmailer, Playing With Fire, The Ordeal, The Wedding Gift, The Tapestried Room, The Scourge, Intelligence and The Night of Doom. Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages. By the time he was seventeen, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. Sabatini...