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. Centred on the rich and fertile soils of Carolina at the time...
London 1665 is no place for Randal Holles, a former soldier in Cromwell’s army, now that the monarchy has been restored and the exploits of the Republicans are being condemned in the highest degree. Holles, desperate for an escape from his...
When Don Pedro is shipwrecked and captured by the formidable Lady Margaret Trevanion, he doesn’t expect is to fall in love and run away with her. And he certainly hadn’t expected that the officers of the Spanish Inquisition would be so ruthless...
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...
Adapted from Sabatini’s long story, The Lust of Conquest, which appeared in the collection The Justice of the Duke. Like Sabatini’s other work on Cesare Borgia this is a defense of the man who would serve as Macchiavelli’s model for The...