The Gates of Doom (novel)

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The Gates of Doom
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First American edition
AuthorRafael Sabatini
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical adventure
PublisherStanley Paul & Co (UK)
Publication date
1914
Media typePrint

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[]

  1. ^ Goble p.774

Bibliography[]

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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