"The Black
Bull" is
another
swaggering
adventure
story of
intrigue,
blood and
flashing
swords in
Venice,
during the
reign of the
Borgias, and
admirably
presents the
color and
feeling of
the times.
Brian
O'Neill,
landless
adventurer,
was called
to the Black
Bull by a
letter
written to
him by
Carbajal,
Duke of
Ferrera who
was
imprisoned
there,
telling him
that his
brother Hugh
had been
slain in the
huge main
room of the
inn, that
Teague, a
man-at-arms
had been
murdered
also, while
Mary, his
cousin, had
been sold to
a trader.
Once at the
Black Bull,
a former
stronghold
of
Charlemagne,
he quickly
learned that
Raymond of
Corthia,
Master
schemer for
the control
of Rome, was
the
instigator
of the
affair.
Determined
on vengeance
he rode for
Corthia,
followed by
Carbajal,
one-time
scullion,
and the most
breath-taking
adventures
of his
lively
career
began.
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King's
Passport,
The
[Cyrano
vs.
D'Artagnan]
With two
such
protagonists
as Cyrano de
Bergerac and
d'Artagnan
there is no
need to
stretch the
long arm of
coincidence.
At first
bitter
enemies,
later united
in common
enmity
against
Richelieu,
this story
of their
exploits
moves with
the agility
of their
rapiers
through
street
brawls in
the crooked
alleys of
Paris,
through the
widespread
nets of
cardinalist
spies,
involves the
rescue of a
seventeenth
century
flapper and
ends in a
terrific
climactic
duel between
Cyrano and
the young
Gascon.
Richelieu is
watching
from the
shadowy
window of
his
carriage.
Torches
flicker
fitfully in
the cold
winter
night.
Cyrano
worsts
d'Artagnan
and then
steps into
the full
light of a
torch to
reveal his
most
magnificent
gesture,
while, at
the same
time, he
proves
himself to
be a most
gallant
gentleman.
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Rodomont
This
stirring and
exciting
tale, which
centers
around
picturesque
Mont St.
Michel in
the days of
Louis XIV,
is one of
the best
romantic
narratives
of years.
Mr.
Bedford-Jones
has written
of many
swashbuckling
heroes, but
of none more
handsome or
more gallant
than the
young
Bostonian
who graces
these pages.
Upon a firm
historical
basis, the
narrative
unfolds
swiftly,
with
adventure,
intrigue and
love
contributing
their
elements of
excitement
and of
charm.
And, last
scene of
all, the
reader
witnesses
one of the
most
magnificent
fights in
history.
With blood
in their
veins and
flesh on
their bones,
the
characters
of
"Rodomont"
are no mere
puppets
about which
the plot is
draped;
heroes and
villains,
sinning and
sinned
against,
they form a
most
memorable
fictitious
company.
And the
hours
granted them
will be well
spent.
An excellent
romance.
