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Chivalry
Columbino, a great mercenary in pre-Renaissance Italy, has developed his own moral code of chivalry to which he ruthlessly and relentlessly adheres. Yet when four women are singularly betrayed as a direct result of this code, he comes to question the very essence of his understanding. He emerges with a renewed passion and an awakened sympathy.
296 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1935
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October 16, 2010
Wonderfully verbose and flowery of language, what older generations of books were all about.
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July 2, 2025 Super fun read and a great story that inspires to greatness. Sabatini's themes are more needed now then ever.
January 23, 2021
At the dawn of the Medici in Florence, Colombino de Siena embarks upon his career as a soldier of fortune, soon a condottiero of some renown in part to lay to rest stories of his own father’s traitorous legend. He dedicates his career to chivalry in expiation of that paternal sin. The tale of his chivalrous service to four ladies is also the tale of his rise to the rank of Count de Ostiamare. Eufemia de Santi does not deserve his chivalry and neither does the lady of Squillanti. It is the lady of la Bourdonnaye and of course the virtuous Lady Samaritana who deserve and exalt in that service. A tale to delight and thrill the reader as only Sabatini can.
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