Unfolding over the years leading up to the French Revolution, Rafael Sabatini's Scaramouche is a masterpiece of historical fiction---and a ferociously gripping adventure tale.
In this swashbuckler set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, a young man goes incognito as an actor in a traveling troupe as he plots to avenge his friends murder and further his political cause.
In this swashbuckler set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, a young man goes incognito as an actor in a traveling troupe as he plots to avenge his friends murder and further his political cause.
In 1685, Irish physician Peter Blood is happily settled in a small English town when the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth interrupts. After saving the life of a wounded nobleman who turns out to be a rebel, Blood is charged with treason and sentenced to ten years as an indentured slave in the Caribbean colonies. On the islands, Blood is recognized for his knowledge as a physician, and thus he develops a romance with a young lady. But their at...