Mr. Caryll has been brought up in Paris and Rome by the fanatical Sir Richard Everard for one purpose: to avenge his mother on the nobleman who wronged her, his own father. Arriving in England amid the Jacobite plots of the early eighteenth century, he finds his task complicated by duels, intrigue, conscience and the young Hortensia.
A brisk costume romance from Sabatini, with his usual blend of wit, swordplay and moral twist. Download the free EPUB.