At the court of Louis XIII, the Marquis de Bardelys wagers his estates that he can woo and wed Roxalanne de Lavedan, the Languedoc beauty who has refused his rival Chatellerault. On the road south he takes the name of a dying rebel, René de Lesperon, and finds the borrowed identity far more dangerous than the wager.
An early Sabatini swashbuckler with all the wit and swordplay of Scaramouche and Captain Blood. Download the free EPUB.