Gentlemen of the Night

In 1830 London, the Marquis de Rio Santo, leader of the criminal empire known as the Gentlemen of the Night, schemes to free Ireland by plunging England into chaos. In Spain during the Peninsular War of 1808, Don Cesar de Cabanil becomes the mysterious Captain Phantom to fight for justice and protect the innocents in his war-torn country. Paul Féval's greatest claim to fame is, undoubtedly, having been one of the founding fathers of modern heroic fiction. He developed the concepts of criminal masterminds in Gentlemen of the Night (1843) and anticipated masked swashbucklers like Zorro with Captain Phantom (1862). Both plays are translated by playwright Frank J. Morlock.Feval, Paul is the author of 'Gentlemen of the Night ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781932983814 and ISBN 1932983813.