Sabatini: 148 books

With all the pomp and ceremony of medieval Italy as a colourful 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 characterisations into historical...

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Sabatini takes up the story of Scaramouche as the revolutionary leaders like Robespierre turn to terror to squelch any chance for royalist sympathizers or the remaining nobility to play a role in France's political future. Scaramouche pursues a course that sets him in opposition to Robespierre while trying to secure the affections of his beloved Aline.

Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure.- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Set at the time of the discovery of the New World, 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.

The Sea Hawk: Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being forced to serve as a slave on a galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates, gaining the name "Sakr-el-Bahr" (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against...

The longer title of this book is "Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...'' - and a strange account it is. One of Sabatini's earlier works the novel is an enjoyable read - and follows a usual formula of...

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) es una de las mayores figuras literarias del siglo XX. En Sobre la escritura el profesor Federico Sabatini ha hecho una cuidadosa selección de citas extraídas de sus cartas. Pasos cortos en los que nos habla de la dificultad y del placer del proceso creativo, trata cuestiones...

We are a death phobic society. Consequently, we provide very little help to our citizens in dealing with the one common denominator that we all face, the death of those we love. The paucity of death education programs in our elementary and secondary schools is evident of our death avoidance...

La fortuna della letteratura, dell'arte e dell'architettura della Grecia antica nel Sette e Ottocento passa attraverso la riscoperta dei monumenti del Mediterraneo in cui la Sicilia ha un ruolo fondamentale. Come testimoniano i saggi raccolti in questo volume, con le prime indagini sulle antichità...

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....

The longer title of this book is "Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...'' - and a strange account it is. One of Sabatini's earlier works the novel is an enjoyable read - and follows a usual formula of...

Vintage quality Sabatini, with a rich historical background to the dashing tale of romance, adventure and mystery. A tale that begins with a strange gamble, carries on through the intrigue and plotting that were rife in England during the time, but can it end with the capture of the notorious Jacobin spy and the amazing resurrection of Captain Gaynor from the Gates of Doom?

‘Anthony of Egmont contemplated the world with disapproval. He had reached the conclusion that it was no place for a gentleman.’ Thus begins Sabatini’s masterly novel centred on the fifteenth century Burgundian court. Here, Anthony of Egmont’s world is one of ideals, changing fortunes and misplaced loyalties.