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For readers of Sabatini, especially from the Rafael Sabatini Group, here is the first table for reference, if you want to arrive at a better understanding of this very private person as man & writer.

The tables are subject to modification after the eagerly-awaited biography cum bibliography by Jesse F. Knight and Steve Darley comes out.

Correction of the following text should be mailed to the author.

READING RAFAEL SABATINI

table 1

DATE	LIFE	WORK
1875, 29 April	Rafael is born
1892	Rafael begins to work as translator of commercial correspondence
1895/96	Rafael begins to write stories & articles, but doesn't immediately seek publication. Christine is born around this time
1898, December	Rafael's first published story – found thus far by JFK (2007). He is 23 yrs old	The Red Mask
1899, June	Rafael is 24	The Fool's Love Story
September		The Vicomte's Wager
November		The Curate and the Actress
December		Sword and Mitre
1900, January		The Dupes
May	Rafael is 25	The Coward
June		The Malediction
August		The Red Owl
		The Outlaw of Falkensteig
September		The Evidence of the Sword
October		Out of the Dice Box
December		D'Aubeville's Enterprise
1901, January		The Marquis' Coach
February		Tommy
March		The Lottery Ticket
June	Rafael is 26	The Hostage
August		The Nuptials of Lindenstein
September		The Republic's Seal
November		Loaded Dice
December		Of What Befell at Bailienochy
		The Outlaw and the Lady
		[28 Dec.- Mar. 1902, 11 pt serial, The Lovers of Yvonne]
1902	collaborates with Stephanie Baring on play, prod. in Luton, Bedfordshire	Kuomi the Jester
January		After Worcester Field
February		Chancellor's Daughter
March		Carolus and Caroline
April	Rafael is 27	In the Eleventh Hour
August		Under the Red Seal
September		The Jealousy of Delventhal
November		The Shriving of Felsheim
? UK, May (US)		The Lovers (UK)/ Suitors (US) of Yvonne
1903, October	Rafael is 28	The Duellist's Wife
		The Ghost of Citizen Duvallon
November		The Ducal Rival
Nov? Dec?		The Siege of Savigny
1904, January		Mademoiselle de Castelroc [to become Trampling of the Lilies]
February		The Sacrifice
March		The Locket
May?	Rafael is 29; he is courting Ruth Goad Dixon	My Lady Roseton
July		Judge Foscaro's Crime
August		The Face of the Clock
September		The Devourer of Hearts
		The Metamorphosis of Colin
?		The Tavern Knight, dedicated "to R.G.D."
1905	Rafael marries Ruth; resigns his job & becomes a full-time writer
March		Annabel's Wager
May	Rafael is 30	The Captain of the Guard
July		The Spiritualist
December		His Last Chance
?		Some Verses to Alexia
?		The Rubicon
1906, 14 January		The Copyhunter
July	Rafael is 31	Wirgman's Theory
September		The Baker of Rousillon
October		The Spurs of Jealousy
December		Mr Dewbury's Consent
?		Bardelys the Magnificent [ser. April -?]
?		The Trampling of the Lilies
1907, May	Rafael is 32	The Elopement
2 July		The Opportunist
September		The Plague of Ghosts
October		The Fortunes of War
December.		The Risen Dead
?		Love-at-Arms, dedicated to "My Wife"
1908, 27 June	Rafael is 33	The Justice of the Duke
July		The Bargain
August		The Act of Sequestration
September		The Usurpers [to become St Martin's Summer]
December		The Abduction
?		The Shame of Motley
1909, March		The Avenger
April	Rafael-Angelo is born; his father, Rafael is 34
August		Monsieur Delamort
?		St Martin's Summer
1910	collaborates with Henry Hamilton on play, prod. in Birmingham	Bardelys the Magnificent
January		Gismondi's Wage
February		The Pasquinade
October	Rafael is 35	The Lust of Conquest
		The Foster-Lover
?		Anthony Wilding (UK), Arms and the Maid (US) dedicated "To Rafael-Angelo"
1911	Rafael is 36; Bardelys is produced in London & he writes	The Fugitives
August		The Pretender
?		The Lion's Skin
1912, February.		The Blackmailer
August	Rafael is 37	Ambs-Ace
		The Dream
?		The Justice of the Duke
?		The Life of Cesare Borgia
?after 1912?		Forestalled
1913, February.		Playing with Fire
April	Rafael is 38; has his marriage already begun to sour?	The Ordeal
June		The Altruist
September		The Wedding Gift
December		The Tapestried Room
?		The Strolling Saint
?		Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition
1914	Rafael turns 39; around this time (1914/15) Christine would have been around 20. We don't have a date for her marriage to Lancelot Dixon, but she may have entered his circle about this time
May		The Heresy of Don Ramon
August		The Sword of Islam (sh. st.)
September		The Valet Mystery
		Casanova's Alibi
October		Shrinkage
November		Kynaston's Reckoning
?		The Gates of Doom
	at some time after World War I breaks out, Rafael is employed by the British Govt to work in Intelligence, as a translator (for ciphers & codes)

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