First U.S. edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth, tight binding, fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition, minor (3-5mm) chips on spine corners, rubbing on fore-edge folds and very minor chips at head and foot of spine. 1cm tear (no paper lacking) on back cover.

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Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) is today best known for his novel Captain Blood. His Italian father and English mother were both well-known opera singers, and Sabatini took up writing after a brief stint in the business world.

Fortune's Fool chronicles the adventures of Randal Holles in 1665. A former soldier in Cromwell's Republican army who is down on his luck and threatened with execution, Holles is commissioned to abduct a famous actress. The plot twists and turns as is Sabatini's norm, with plenty of adventure and swashbuckling for all.