[Gutenberg 3430] • The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes
- Authors
- Sabatini, Rafael
- Publisher
- Book Jungle
- Tags
- historical fiction , france -- history -- 17th century -- fiction , love stories , adventure , classics , 1602-1661 -- fiction , france -- history -- louis xiv , cardinals -- france -- fiction , mazarin , jules , adventure stories , 1643-1715 -- fiction
- ISBN
- 9781438513751
- Date
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.16 MB
- Lang
- en
Rafael Sabatini was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure during the beginning of the 20th century. . His best-known works were The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, Captain Blood and Bellarion the Fortunate. Sabatini produced thirty one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and a play. The Suitors of Yvonne also known as The Lovers of Yvonne was written in 1902. This first novel of Sabatini is told in the first person narrative style. It is a swachbuckling romance, full of swordplay, foiled assassination attempts, and a heroic rescue. Sabatini is a master of writing action and adventure scenes.