The Black Swan is a 1932 British

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adventure novel by the Anglo-Italian writer Rafael Sabatini. Like the author's earlier '' Captain Blood'', it focuses on piracy in the seventeenth century

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Film adaptation

In 1942 the novel served as the basis of the

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film '' The Black Swan'' starring Tyrone Power and

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.Goble p.403

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1932 British novels British historical novels British adventure novels Novels set in the 17th century Novels by Rafael Sabatini British novels adapted into films Hutchinson (publisher) books Houghton Mifflin books McClelland & Stewart books {{1930s-novel-stub