Anyone who has ever wondered what court life was like in Renaissance Italy will love this entertaining, swashbuckling novel. Sabatini's meticulous research brings to life the threatened noble courts of Italy's city-states during Caesar Borgia's campaign, where intrigues flourished and missteps were too often fatal.
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Another good early Sabatini,
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This review is from: The Shame of Motley (Hardcover)
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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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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