Known as "The Last of the Great Swashbucklers," Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was an Italian-born author whose best-known works include The Sea-Hawk, Scaramouche, and Captain Blood.
Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has earned five coveted Audie Awards, and he has won fifty-seven Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named him a Golden Voice.