'Depend above all on Pauncefort', announced King James, 'his loyalty is dependable as steel. He is with us body and soul and to the last penny of his fortune.' So when Pauncefort does indeed face bankruptcy after the collapse of the South Sea Company, the king's supreme confidence now seems rather foolish. And as Pauncefort's thoughts turn to gambling, moneylenders and even marriage to recover his debts, will he be able to remain true to the end? And what part will his friend and confidante, Captain Gaynor, play in his destiny?
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Rafael Sabatini was born to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. At seventeen Sabatini moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. His major breakthrough came with Scaramouche, which became an international bestseller and was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood. All his earlier books were then rushed into reprint. Many of his novels were subsequently adapted into classic films which appealed to both a male and female market with their drama, romance and action, set against a variety of historical settings. 'One wonders if there is another storyteller so adroit at filling his pages with intrigue and counter-intrigue, with danger threaded with romance, with a background of lavish colour, of silks and velvets, of swords and jewels' - Daily Telegraph
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THE room - somewhat disordered now, at the end of that long night's play - was spacious, lofty, sod handsomely equipped. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Captain Gaynor, Lord Pauncefort, Lord Carteret, Sir Richard, Captain Jenkyn, Harry Gaynor, Second Secretary, Secretary of State, Priory Close, Miss Hollinstone, Lady Kynaston, The World's End, Damaris Hollinstone, Sir Thomas, Israel Suarez, Miss Kynaston, Doctor Blizzard, Evelyn Kynaston, Sir Henry Tresh, Bow Street, Gray's Inn Road, Hownslow Heath, Old Palace Yard New!
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Captain Gaynor, Lord Pauncefort, Lord Carteret, Sir Richard, Captain Jenkyn, Harry Gaynor, Second Secretary, Secretary of State, Priory Close, Miss Hollinstone, Lady Kynaston, The World's End, Damaris Hollinstone, Sir Thomas, Israel Suarez, Miss Kynaston, Doctor Blizzard, Evelyn Kynaston, Sir Henry Tresh, Bow Street, Gray's Inn Road, Hownslow Heath, Old Palace Yard New!
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- Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini in Back Matter
- Mr. American by George MacDonald Fraser on page 381
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