The Gamester (novel)
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Author | Rafael Sabatini |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical |
Publisher | Hutchinson Houghton Mifflin (US) |
Publication date | 1949 |
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The Gamester is a 1949 historical adventure novel by the Italian-born British writer Rafael Sabatini. It was his final published novel before his death the following year.[1] The plot revolves around the life of the Scottish financier John Law who created a large boom in France during the early eighteenth century.[2]
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- Hoppenstand, Gary. Perilous Escapades: Dimensions of Popular Adventure Fiction. McFarland, 2018.
- Orel, Harold. The Historical Novel from Scott to Sabatini: Changing Attitudes toward a Literary Genre, 1814–1920. Springer, 1995.