Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lovers of Yvonne / The Suitors of Yvonne | 1902 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 2 | The Tavern Knight | 1904 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 3 | Bardelys The Magnificent | 1905 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 4 | The Trampling of the Lilies | 1906 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 5 | Love-At-Arms | 1907 | Rafael Sabatini | N/A |
| 6 | The Shame of Motley | 1908 | Rafael Sabatini | N/A |
| 7 | St Martin’s Summer | 1909 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 8 | Mistress Wilding / Anthony Wilding | 1910 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 9 | The Lion’s Skin | 1911 | Rafael Sabatini | N/A |
| 10 | The Strolling Saint | 1913 | Rafael Sabatini | N/A |
| 11 | The Gates Of Doom | 1914 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 12 | The Sea-Hawk | 1915 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 13 | Snare | 1917 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 14 | Fortune’s Fool | 1922 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 15 | The Carolinian | 1925 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 16 | Bellarion the Fortunate | 1926 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 17 | The Hounds of God | 1928 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 18 | The Romantic Prince | 1929 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 19 | The King’s Minion / The Minion | 1930 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 20 | The Black Swan | 1931 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 21 | The Stalking-Horse | 1933 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 22 | Venetian Masque | 1934 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 23 | Chivalry | 1935 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 24 | The Lost King | 1937 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 25 | The Sword Of Islam | 1939 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 26 | The Marquis Of Carabas / Master-At-Arms | 1940 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 27 | Columbus | 1941 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 28 | King In Prussia / The Birth of Mischief | 1944 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 29 | Gamester | 1949 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 30 | Saga of the Sea | 1953 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
| 31 | The Marquis of Carabas | 2022 | Rafael Sabatini | Buy |
Rafael Sabatini’s standalone novels number over thirty, published across five decades from 1902 to the 1950s. They cover an enormous range of European history: Renaissance Italy (Bellarion the Fortunate, The Strolling Saint), Elizabethan England (The Sea-Hawk), the English Civil War (The Tavern Knight, Mistress Wilding), and the Napoleonic era (The Carolinian, Fortune’s Fool).
The novels share Sabatini’s signature combination of historical research and narrative speed. His heroes tend to be clever men caught up in events larger than themselves, forced to use their wits and their sword arms to survive. The prose is more formal than modern adventure fiction but moves quickly, and the plots are built on reversals, disguises, and duels.