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Released in 1945 and 1947, respectively, these are two of the author's six historical novels. Captain follows young Spanish nobleman Pedro de Vargas, who joins Cort s on his conquest of Mexico, while Prince jumps to Italy and Andrea Orsini, a pawn in Cesare Borgia's quest for power.
Prince of Foxes: The Best-Selling Historical Epic
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9781461623397
- Publisher: Bridgeworks
- Publication date: 07/31/2002
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 433
- Sales rank: 415,184
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Set in the early 1500s in Renaissance Italy this novel is the story of Andrea Orsini, a peasant boy who rises far and becomes a secret agent for Cesare Borgia, who entrusts him with the most delicate political, military and romantic missions, Orson Welles was cast as Borgia, Tyronne Power as Orsini in the film version.
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With equal skill he touches on the complex nature of that fierce and flowering age, manipulates love as well as battle, agitates one, amid a ceaseless whirl of pomp, murder, sex , intrigue, romance, war, high adventure, into a near swoon os suspense. Dr. Shellabarger displays his great learning with exceptional skill. The sets are opulent, but so adroitly organized that one is not so much impressed by the erudition they manifest as hypnotized by their glowing vitality...A faithful and fascinating resurrection of the spirit and look of a furiously exciting, cruel and splendid age.Boston Herald
A magnificent job from beginning to end—a completely absorbing book.Saturday Review Of Literature
If you like historical novels (personally, I do) it is certainly required reading.San Francisco Chronicle
A novel as colorful as the era itself. Fiction yes, but convincing fiction, based on sound scholarship and inspired research.Jonathan Yardely
There are many reasons for reading Prince of Foxes—not least, as some reviewers like to say, that it's just about impossible to put it down once you start it—but I would like to put it forward as a textbook example of what American were reading during the golden age of American popular fiction. This period lasted for about three decades, from the early 1930's to the late 1950's, during which much of the commercial fiction that millions of American read for pleasure—ficstion that made the best-seller lists—was work of considerable literary skill and stylistic distinctiveness. That stands in sharp contrast to the popular fiction Americans now read...None wrote better than Shellabarger...Shellabarger was an educator by training and inclination, and he wanted readers to learn from his novels as wella s be entertained by them. To say that you will learn a lot about Renaissance Italy from Princes of Foxes is an understatement.