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The hero, a
handsome,
reckless
favorite of
the French
monarch
Louis XIII,
wagers his
estate with
a rival for
the king's
favor that
he can win a
beautiful
heiress in
the province
of Languedoc
whom his
opponent has
courted in
vain.
How he goes
to Languedoc
and is
promptly
snared in
the web of
rebellion
that has
been woven
against the
king, how he
is wounded
in battle
and seeks
shelter in
the castle
of the
girl's
father, who
welcomes him
as one of
the rebels,
how he woos
the girl,
overcomes
his rival,
and escapes
from a
charge of
treason,
make one of
the most
stirring and
swiftly
moving
stories of
love,
intrigue and
adventure
that
Sabatini has
ever
written. |
