Scaramouche The King Maker
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B013RJDUEI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 259 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Chris McCaffrey said A sequel with a darker tone.. The sequel to Scaramouche, this is a very different novel. Scaramouche was filled with comedy, wit, adventure, sword-play and traditional motivations right out of Dumas---revenge, love, survival, and greed.Scaramouche, the King Maker is its much more dark and cynical cousin. Gone, for the most part, are Andre Louis' unending witty repartee and cutting come-backs. He is now pure Machiavellian schemer who seems to bring the downfall of the powerful as a whim and sends men (mostly scoundrels, but innocents also get caught as collateral damage) to the guillotine simply as a game or test of his skill. Despite being one of the best swo. Great Sequel S.L.H. Although Sabatini tortures you regarding the relationship between Andre-Louis and Aline, the book is truly a political work of art. Andre-Louis gives up his sword fighting to become an undercover political assassin! It's an excellent sequel to Scaramouche!. "Scaramouche the King Maker" according to William R. Oakey. Poor. Doesn't hold a candle to the original. Characters seem wooden and puposeless. Especially Aline. In the original she had personality and an edge. In this one she seems bland and banal.Bill Oakey
Another adventure from Sabatini’s remarkable and much-loved hero. It was, however, sometimes at the expense of the opinions of some critics who regarded his genre, fundamentally historic and romantic fiction, as a little outside of that ought to be of merit. In particular, they and his army of readers fully appreciated the way his characters were life-like and convincing, and true to historical form.In 1935 Sabatini married again, and he and his new wife, Christine, moved to Herefordshire. In Scaramouche the Kingmaker, Andre Louis again dons his famous and much-admired disguise to embark upon a new adventure – and one full of the thrill and swashbuckling action that has earnt Sabatini his place in the hall of great writers.The Author: Rafael Sabatini was born on 29 April 1875 in Jesi, Italy, the only son of Maestro-Cavaliere Vincenzo Sabatini and his English wife, Anna Trafford, both of whom were opera singers. He was first educated in Zug, Switzerla
At seventeen Sabatini moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. Many of his novels were subsequently adapted into classic films which appealed to both a male and female market with their drama, romance and action, set against a variety of historical settings. About the Author Rafael Sabatini was born to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. His major breakthrough came with Scaramouche, which became an international bestseller and was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood. 'One wonders if there is
At seventeen Sabatini moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. All his earlier books were then rushed into reprint. Rafael Sabatini was born to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. 'One wonders if there is another storyteller so adroit at filling his pages with intrigue and counter-intrigue, with danger threaded with romance, with a background of lavish colour, of silks and velvets, of swords and jewels' - Daily