With all the pomp and ceremony of medieval Italy as a colorful backdrop, Sabatini masterfully recreates the political intrigue and misguided loyalties that reigned as 'the Banner of the Bull' waved victoriously over the land. Weaving deft descriptions and spirited characterizations into historical events, this is the remarkable story of the notorious Cesare Borgia.

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Bardelys the Magnificent - Artwork of George Giguere

As Languedoc enters her year of rebellion, the Sieur Marcel de St. Pol has other things on his mind. For amid the glorious battles and brutal insurrections, Marcel a.k.a. the Marquis of Bardelys, has his heart set on a fair lady. Yet will she succumb to the Marquis' strange wooing?

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Bardelys the Magnificent - Photoplay Edition

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.

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Bellarion the Fortunate - Artwork of Harold M. Brett

"Half God, half beast, " the princess Valeria once called him in anger, without suspecting that the phrase describes not merely Bellarion, but man. Thus we meet Bellarion, "Child of War," who set out to be a scholar, and became instead one of those proud and gilded soldiers of fortune who gave color to the Italian Renaissance. At the principality of Montferrat destiny ensnared him with the beautiful Valeria in a plot to remove the unscrupulous regent. The intrigue failing for the moment, Bellarion makes his way to Milan, where he carves with a sword a great career dedicated to the service of Valeria. Through sheer force of personality and wit, he becomes general of the Milanese armies and after innumerable stirring adventures, is at last in a position to right the wrongs of Valeria's kingdom and to seek her hand in reward.

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Birth of Mischief, The

'Charles Stuart-Dene, Marquess of Alverley, looked at humanity, and wondered why it was.' And, with this first sentence, the reader is off into another world. A world of love and adventure in the company of this slightly cynical, always imperturbable, very British, and completely bold young man. Alverley stands quietly observing a little scene in a petty German court. He is in the Porcelain Gallery with the local royal family. There are many of these tiny kingdoms -- full of intrigue and cruelty, music, heavy food, spartan virtues (and evils). The Crown Prince Fritz is completing the playing of his own composition. The curtain is already going up on a sinister prelude to the march of Prussian power. To a greater extent than any other of Mr. Sabatini's novels, this reconstruction of another era throws a strong light upon the happenings of today. It seems a Germanic pattern that frustrated artists go off into schemes of military conquest. The heavy tread of Frederick's grenadiers has indeed echoed down to be heard by our own ears.

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Black Swan, The - Artwork of N. C. Wyeth

Here is Sabatini in his best vein, brilliant, witty, inexhaustible in his stratagems and gallant adventures. The Black Swan is the rakish pirate ship of Tom Leach, terror of the Spanish Main. As the story opens, Leach has boarded and captured the Centaur, which numbers among its passengers Charles de Bernis and Priscilla Harrabine. By his quick wit and bold front, De Bernis saves the lives of his fellow passengers. For the special protection of Priscilla, he passes her off as his wife. The vision of the Spanish 'plate fleet' dazzles Tom Leach's eyes and De Bernis persuades him to prepare for action by careening the Black Swan in Maldita Cove. It is here that Leach and De Bernis meet with crossed swords, in the most thrilling and spectacular duel that Sabatini ever described.

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Captain Blood - Photoplay Edition - N C Wyeth

1924 Vitagraph Film -- starring J. Warren Kerrigan & Jean Paige

The story of the redoubtable Peter Blood -- the much-loved story of a physician and gentleman turned pirate & buccaneer par excellance, Captain of the great ship Arabella, terror of the Spaniard, and undisputed master of the waters of the Spanish Main. Captain Blood is the much-loved story of a physician and gentleman turned pirate. Peter Blood, wrongfully accused of high treason and sentenced to death -- he is instead condemned to slavery in Barbados. He narrowly escapes his fate on a captured Spanish ship and finds himself in the company of buccaneers -- then follows his sea fights and desperate adventures as a freebooter. Embarking on his new life with remarkable skill and bravery, Blood becomes the 'Robin Hood' of the Spanish seas. The story has glamour and beauty, and it is told with an easy confidence. As for Blood himself, he is a superman, compounded of a sardonic humor, cold nerves, and hot temper. Both the story and the man are masterpieces. A great figure, a great epoch, a great story. This is swashbuckling adventure at its best.

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Captain Blood - Photoplay Edition

1935 First National Film -- starring Errol Flynn & Olivia DeHavilland

Set in 17th Century England, Dr. Peter Blood, a British surgeon, is arrested and convicted of treason for suckling the wounds of a rebel to the King. He is wrongly condemned and sentenced to death, but is instead shipped to Port Royal in the Caribbean were he is sold into slavery. Purchased for 20 pounds by the beautiful Arabella Bishop, he soon befriends a man convicted for debt and persuades him to buy a small boat for the purpose of his escape. During an attack by Spain, the boat is sunk so the slaves steal the Spaniard ship and thus is born Captain Blood. He becomes a pirate who effectively steals from the rich and gives to the poor. After months of pirating and plunder Captain Blood once again runs into Arabella who has been taken prisoner by a rival pirate. He rescues her and returns to Port Royal to find it under attack by the French who are now at war with England. The rebellion is over and there's a new King. Hearing this Captain Blood abandons his pirate ways, rescues the town and is named Governor.

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Captain Blood - Houghton-Mifflin Edition

Illustrated Edition -- featuring artwork of Clyde Deland

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Captain Blood Returns - Artwork of Dean Cornwell

Sailing into Tortuga on his fine red ship, Captain Blood returns, elegant as a grandee of Spain in black and silver, with a claret plume to his hat. Once a doctor, once a political prisoner, and now the most famous pirate of the New World -- and of fiction -- he commands the Arabella, captured from Spain in fair fight and manned by a crew of desperate buccaneers. In this sequel to "Captain Blood" are told some of the strange adventures of this pirate Robin Hood. Here is the account of his impersonation of the cousin of the Spanish Governor by which he freed his own lieutenants, held in captivity. Here you may learn how he saved an English colony from Spanish attack -- and the price he exacted. You may see him rescuing a fair frail lady from the Spanish wolves, only to discover her alliance with them. Romance lives again with Captain Blood's return ...

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Carolinian, The - Artwork of Frank Schoonover

Excitement and anticipation are rife in the New World--it is a land offering new beginnings and new opportunities. Yet it is also a land of intrigue, deception and deadly opposition. Centered on the rich and fertile soil of Carolina at the time of the American War of Independence, The Carolinian charts the interwoven stories of a host of characters.

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Chivalry - Artwork of W. Smithson Broadhead

At the age of twenty-eight, Ser Colombino had become one of the great mercenary captains of the day, his fame spreading across the length and breadth of Italy. But, soldier of fortune though he was, living on the bloody threshold of the Renaissance, Colombino patterned his life on the age of chivalry ... It was for this reason perhaps that he led his Company of the Dove against Verona in the service of that beautiful and dangerous woman, the Countess Euphemia of Rovieto. Taking up arms for Lord Onorato and his daughter, the fair Samaratina, Colombino smashed the armies of Venice and fell in love with Samaratina, who was already secretly betrothed.

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Columbus - Artwork of George Kelley

Set at the time of the discovery of the New World, in times when all European courts swarmed with navigators promising a short route to the dazzling wealth of the East, Columbus alone had the confidence of the master cartographer of the age, an Italian, Toscanelli. As proof of his approval, Toscanelli gave Columbus a map of the proposed western route. Bearing this, Columbus seeks out a powerful ally -- the Queen's confessor -- to present his case at Isabella's court. The Venetian Doge, hearing of the navigator's claims, and facing ruin if Spain were to get control of new sources of wealth, weaves an intricate plot of intrigue to steal the chart ...this is the remarkable story of Columbus' affair with a mysterious Spanish lady--Beatriz Enriquez. Sabatini beautifully traces the course of their romance and the child that she bore him whilst also capturing all the passion of Columbus' other struggle -- against none other than the King and Queen of Spain.

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Fortune's Fool - Artwork of Harold M. Brett

All who enjoyed the lurid lights of the French Revolution with Scaramouche, or the brilliant buccaneering days of Peter Blood, or the adventures of the Sea Hawk, the corsair, will now welcome with delight a turn in Restoration London with the always masterful Col. Randall Holles. Late of Cromwell's army, Col. Holles finds it impossible to obtain a commission with the Royalists. At his wit's end for money, daily he becomes more impatient and embittered, until, careless of his reputation, he decides to fling away honor, as well, and undertakes for the Duke of Buckingham the abduction of a popular actress. Of what happens thereafter, of a thrilling duel and strange adventures, of Col. Holles' fight for redemption, Sabatini tells in his finest style. London is the background for this story, the gay and careless London of the Restoration, whose glitter and laughter were suddenly blackened by the specter of plague. Once again, Sabatini makes the past not only live but fairly glimmer with vitality.

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Fortunes of Captain Blood, The

Further adventures from the much-loved Captain Blood, the 'Robin Hood' of the Spanish Seas. In his latest exploits, The Chronicles of Captain Blood takes him to new adventures with as much excitement and swashbuckling adventure as ever before. The sardonic humor, cold nerves, and hot temper of Captain Peter Blood have made that gentleman adventurer one of the most popular figures of historical fiction. Rafael Sabatini created him and in this new book has set down another chronicle of his hero's exploits along the Spanish Main in pages that sparkle with the play of swords and of wits and are set against a colorful background of buccaneers and their thrilling exploits.

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Gates of Doom, The - Artwork of C. Roy Morse

'Depend above all on Pauncefort,' announced King James, 'his loyalty is dependable as steel. He is with us body and soul and to the last penny of his fortune.' So when Pauncefort does indeed face bankruptcy after the collapse of the South Sea Company, the King's supreme confidence seems rather foolish. And as Pauncefort's thoughts turn to gambling, moneylenders and even marriage to recover his debts, will he be able to remain true to the end? And what part will his friend and confidante, Captain Gaynor, play in his destiny?

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Gamester, The - Artwork of John Alan Maxwell

In this latest work, Rafael Sabatini turns to a momentous episode in French history -- the inflation and financial panic that followed the death of Louis XIV -- and a fabulous character, John Law. A financial wizard and exiled Scot, John Law had all the instincts of a gambler and the gall of an upstart. In a series of daring moves, he won control of the finances of France when the country was virtually bankrupt. With the founding of the famous "Banque Generale," Law's radical banking theories brought riches to the French people. He was worshipped as a saviour. His belief that wealth may be found outside of gold itself -- in the hearts of productive and inventive people, in paper currency and credit -- was successful for the time, and the fortunes of the gambler soared. Law played for high stakes when the venomous Count of Horn, the overbearing and ascetic de Noailles, President of the Council, sought to block Law's march to power. In a sinister plot joined by members of Parliament, they aimed to destroy the man who had such a hold on France. Mr. Sabatini brings into sharp focus all the rivalry and jealousy of the French Court, besides its scandals, infidelities, murders and intrigues. This is the setting and the real meaning behind John Law's greatest gambles.

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Hounds of God, The - Artwork of Harold M. Brett

A new book by Sabatini is a matter of excitement to thousands of readers. His is the power -- that of a few writers in every generation -- to make history a living thing, and to recreate in flesh and blood the fighting men of the past. In "The Hounds of God" he places his story in England at the time of the Armada. A young Spanish grandee, Don Pedro, Count of Marcos, escapes drowning when the Concepcion, a galleon of the great fleet, flounders in the storm. Finding himself on a Cornish beach, at the mercy of his enemies, he willingly becomes the captive of Lady Margaret, daughter of the Earl of Garth. While he waits for his ransom, she makes him her prisoner in still another way, but although she recognizes his charm she refuses him for love of the English Gervase. His ransom comes, and with it the day when he must go to Spain. In this thrilling story is concentrated all the romance of that exciting time -- the period Sabatini has already dealt with in his "Torquemada" -- when the flash of swords led the way to fame and courage was the best of fortunes, no one else could tell as Sabatini does.

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King's Minion, The - Artwork of N. C. Wyeth

When young Robert Carr caught the eye of King James the First, and became the King's favorite, another eye, more beautiful than the King's also took note of him. From that day his fortunes were close tied with those of the young Countess of Essex wedded, not no wife. Robert Carr might have been only a nine day's favorite but for his friend and tutor, Thomas Overbury. Overbury had the wisdom and Carr had the King's ear into which to pour it. The combination was powerful. It took the Scottish youth swiftly up the ladder of power and place. Soon he was the most powerful man in England. By and by returned from France the Earl of Essex, come to claim his bride. But the lovely Countess was deep in love with Robert Carr. Upon that love affair Overbury and Carr parted company. Without Overbury's strong hand and head to support him, Carr faltered. The story of how he and the Countess of Essex came at last to the Tower is one of the most dramatic chapters in English history.

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Life of Cesare Borgia - Artwork of Frank Pape

Cesare Borgia has long had the reputation of being a notorious, but harmless criminal, known only in tales of romance and melodrama. This revealing biography seeks to redress this unbalance and present the true story of the original Machiavellian villain. Cesare Borgia emerges as a man of sound judgment and military genius.

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