BOOKWORM

The last of the Sabatini tables:

table 3

DATE	LIFE	WORK
1931, April	Rafael is divorced by Ruth; he buys Clock Mill on the River Wye in Herefordshire & he turns 56
3 September		Duel on the Beach [to become The Black Swan]
October?		Scaramouche the Kingmaker [serialised in US, 7 pts, Apr. – Oct.]
October to December	Rafael visits the US and Canada
?		Captain Blood Returns [pub UK in 1932 as The Chronicles of Captain Blood]
1932, May	Rafael is 57	The Ghost of Tronjolly
May?		The Black Swan [serialised in UK, 9 pts, Jan. – Feb.]
3 June		Forbidden Lover [serialised in US, 3 pts, up to August]
????		??Fighting Fool [serialised in US, 7 pts, Jan. – July] [rather silly title; what could it refer to?]
1933, May	Rafael is 58	The Stalking Horse
		Hearts and Swords [to become Venetian Masque; serial in US, 11pts, 2 Sept. – 11 Nov.]
1934, April/May	Rafael is 59	Heroic Lives
June		The Price
July		The Philtre
August		Renunciation
September?		Venetian Masque [serialised in UK, Apr. – July or Aug.]
9 September		The Crooked Carcase
October		The Counter Parry
14 October		Madam Resourceful
11 November		The Vagabond Queen
December		The Lady of Cantapulo
9 December		The Merchant's Daughter
1935	Rafael marries Christine Dixon, his ex-sister-in-law
13 January		The Queen's Gambit
February		The Ransom
July	Rafael is 60	The Open Door
October?		Chivalry
?	edits & writes Introd.- A Century of Sea Stories
?	writes Introd. to Any Luck by Eugene V Connett
1936, February		Out of the Dragon's Jaw
April	Rafael is 61	The Bogus Buccaneer
May		The Lady and the Pirate
		The Pro-Consul's Fish
June		The Deliverance
September		Rogue in Red
November?		The Fortunes of Captain Blood
?	edits & writes Introduction to A Century of Historical Stories
1937, January		Jack O'Lantern
March		The Lie
September	Rafael is 62	The Lost King [serialised in UK, June - ?]
1938, March		On Cows
June	Rafael is 63	Historical Nights' Entertainment 3rd series
?	writes foreword to Honest Thieves by Patrick Pringle
1939, January		The Pistol
January?	later this year, Rafael is 64	The Sword of Islam
1940, 9 April	Christine's son Lancelot (Lanty) beloved of Rafael, dies in air crash before their eyes Rafael is 65
July?		Master-at-Arms (UK), The Marquis of Carabas (US)
December		The Gordian Knot
1941, January		The Tyrant [a fishing tale]
February		The Gentlewoman's Amanuensis
March		Extraordinary Catches
June	Rafael is 66	Grim Fishing
September		The Dupe
?		Columbus (UK)
1942 1943	in April, Rafael is 67 in April, Rafael is 68	Columbus serialised in US from February
1944, June? 1945, August	Rafael is 69 Rafael is 70	King in Prussia (UK) published as Birth of Mischief (US)
1946 1947	Rafael is 71 Rafael is 72	Turbulent Tales
1948, March	in April, Rafael is 73	The Basking Pike
1949, February?		The Gamester
April	Rafael is 74	The Salmon-fly
October		Smoked Salmon
1950, February		My First Salmon
13 February	Rafael Sabatini dies in Adelboden, Switzerland
1963	Christine Sabatini dies

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