The Gates of Doom (novel)
Author | Rafael Sabatini |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical adventure |
Publisher | Stanley Paul & Co (UK) |
Publication date | 1914 |
Media type |
The Gates of Doom is a 1914 historical adventure novel by the British-Italian writer Rafael Sabatini. It was first published in the United States in 1926 by Houghton Mifflin.
It was adapted into a 1919 British silent film of the same title directed by Sidney M. Goldin.[1]
Synopsis[]
In the early eighteenth century during George I's reign. Captain Gaynor a Jacobite agent is instructed by the exiled pretender James III is instructed to put his trust in Lord Pauncefort. However Pauncefort has money problems, not helped by his investment in the South Sea Company.
References[]
- ^ Goble p.774
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Categories:
- 1914 British novels
- Novels by Rafael Sabatini
- British adventure novels
- Novels set in the 18th century
- Novels set in London
- British historical novels
- British novels adapted into films
- 1910s novel stubs