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]

The Gamester
First edition
AuthorRafael Sabatini
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherHutchinson
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Publication date
1949
Media typePrint

References edit

  1. ^ Hoppenstand p.56
  2. ^ Orel p.154

Bibliography edit

  • 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.