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...
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...