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Rafael Sabatini Dustjacket Gallery |
| The Stalking Horse |
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Illustrator: N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)
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The Stalking Horse US Edition - Houghton-Mifflin - [1933] |
| In his new novel, the 'prince of living story-tellers' gives us, not the elaborate historical canvas of "The King's Minion," but a brilliant romance of adventure like his recent success, "The Black Swan." Against a vivid historical background, there takes place a single thrilling act, described with debonaire grace and dramatic zest. Its scene is England of the seventeenth century, with William of Orange on the throne, the monarch who used all men and trusted none. Across the narrow seas, deposed King James sits in the palace of Saint Germain and plots for his restoration in a constant series of daring conspiracies. Against this stir of kings and parliaments, this marching and counter-marching, Sabatini sets a story of dashing adventure and of the love of Colonel Dudley Walton and the beautiful Lady Lochmore, 'creature of ebony, ivory and gold.' |
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The Stalking Horse - Editions & Formats |
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