1926. Being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the Court of Pesaro. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. It took Sabatini roughly a quarter of century of hard work before he attained success with Scaramouche in 1921. This brilliant novel of the French Revolution became an international bestseller. It was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood in 1922. A prolific writer, he produced about a book a year. This historical novel begins: For three days I had been cooling my heels about the Vatican, vexed by suspense. It fretted me that I should have been so lightly dealt with after I had discharged the mission that had brought me all the way from Pesaro, and I wondered how long it might be ere His Most Illustrious Excellency the Cardinal of Valencia might see fit to offer me the honourable employment with which Madonna Lucrezia had promised me that he would reward the service I had rendered the House of Borgia by my journey. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Sabatini is in his element here: renaissance Italy, treachery, and the long shadow of Cesare Borgia. The plot gets quite gripping at the end, but of course both the set-up and the deus ex machina are preposterous. There is actually one point of subtlety in the characterization of the protagonist, which I won't spoil; see if you can spot it...
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FOR three days I had been cooling my heels about the Vatican, vexed by suspense. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madonna Paola, Lord Giovanni, Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Sforza, Governor of Cesena, Lord of Pesaro, Messer Ramiro, Madonna Lucrezia, Lazzaro Biancomonte, Lord Filippo, Court of Pesaro, House of Borgia, Messer Biancomonte, Paola Sforza, Messer Boccadoro, Boccadoro the Fool, House of Santafior, Vitellozzo Vitelli, Church of San Domenico, Lucrezia Borgia, Tyrant of Pesaro, Don Miguel, Mother Church, Sforza Palace, Castle of Cesena New!
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FOR three days I had been cooling my heels about the Vatican, vexed by suspense. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madonna Paola, Lord Giovanni, Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Sforza, Governor of Cesena, Lord of Pesaro, Messer Ramiro, Madonna Lucrezia, Lazzaro Biancomonte, Lord Filippo, Court of Pesaro, House of Borgia, Messer Biancomonte, Paola Sforza, Messer Boccadoro, Boccadoro the Fool, House of Santafior, Vitellozzo Vitelli, Church of San Domenico, Lucrezia Borgia, Tyrant of Pesaro, Don Miguel, Mother Church, Sforza Palace, Castle of Cesena New!
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