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By janowacki (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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Saint Martin's Summer is one of Sabatini's second-tier books, good but not great. The title refers to what we now call an Indian Summer, and in this novel it has a double meaning.The soldier Martin de Garnache is dispatched by the Queen Regent of France into Dauphiny to retrieve Mlle. Valérie de La Vauvraye, who managed to write her begging aid and deliverance from the Dowager Duchess of Condillac. The Duchess, her guardian and quite a powerful figure in the province, was prepared to force de La Vauvraye's marriage to her son, even though the girl was betrothed to the Duchess's absent stepson, the new Duke. Valérie views that more as a matter of pledged word than something for enthusiasm, however. Naturally, the Duchess is not thrilled about the royal intervention, and with the aid of the gross and besotted Seneschal of Dauphiny and some hired troops, she sets out to frustrate Garnache's mission. The middle-aged (for the era) soldier, meanwhile, wants little to do with feminine nonsense and finds the whole mission humiliating. But for him, duty is duty, and he finds the young lady more endearing as he faces tremendous obstacles in getting her away from Condillac. That feeling is reciprocated, and as matters are resolved Valérie points out that the morrow is Saint Martin's Day and though it is November it is yet warm. She tells Garnache, who understands the allusion, that he is still a long way yet from the November of his life. Though one of Sabatini's earlier novels, Saint Martin's Summer is pretty well done in terms of writing and story, and if you enjoyed some of his more well-known and more complex books, I would recommend this as well.
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Monsieur de Garnache, Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye, Lord Seneschal, Monsieur de Tressan, Monsieur Gaubert, Monsieur de Condillac, Auberge de France, Madame de Condillac, Marquis de Condillac, Marquise de Condillac, Saint Francis, Sucking Calf, Monsieur Sanguinetti, Florimond de Condillac, Marius de Condillac, Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache, Monsieur Marius, Northern Tower, Chateau de Condillac, Mother Church, Palais Seneschal, Valerie de La Vauvraye, Captain Fortunio, Madame la Marquise, Monsieur Rabecque New!
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Monsieur de Garnache, Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye, Lord Seneschal, Monsieur de Tressan, Monsieur Gaubert, Monsieur de Condillac, Auberge de France, Madame de Condillac, Marquis de Condillac, Marquise de Condillac, Saint Francis, Sucking Calf, Monsieur Sanguinetti, Florimond de Condillac, Marius de Condillac, Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache, Monsieur Marius, Northern Tower, Chateau de Condillac, Mother Church, Palais Seneschal, Valerie de La Vauvraye, Captain Fortunio, Madame la Marquise, Monsieur Rabecque New!
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