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...
With France undergoing mounting treachery and murder in her bloody Revolution, she was not a land where honour and loyalty could be relied upon. But this political atmosphere was to prove the ultimate test – where only the most determined would...