He first went to school in Switzerland and from there to Lycee of Oporto, Portugal, and has never attended an English school. But English is hardly an adopted language for him, as he learned it from his mother, an English woman. Today Rafael Sabatini is regarded as “The Alexandre Dumas of Modern Fiction.” BELLARION THE SHAME OF MOTLEY THE LION’S SKIN THE GATES OF DOOM THE TRAMPLING OF THE LILIES THE STROLLING SAINT THE CAROLINIAN MISTRESS WILDING THE BANNER OF THE BULL SAINT MARTIN’S SUMMER FORTUNE’S FOOL BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT THE SNARE CAPTAIN BLOOD THE SEA-HAWK SCARAMOUCHE GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, NEW YORK