The Banner of the Bull

The Banner of the Bull (1915)
by Rafael Sabatini

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The Outlook, Dec. 12, 1923 (Extract from rom "Unheroic Heroes" by R. D Townsend): The principal personage in Sabatini's "The Banner of the Bull" is a hero in some of the senses of the dictionary definition, but it happens that he is also the greatest villain of history, Caesar Borgia—ruthless, cruel, cunning, the friend of Machiavelli, and, in fact, his model as to statesman's craft. The author has made Borgia the central figure of three brilliant tales of intrigue and action, with a richly colored picture of the period in Italy and not a little of the touch-and-go in narrative that made Dumas the master in this genre of writing. (full review in the Discussion page)

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The Banner of the Bull

THREE EPISODES IN THE
CAREER OF CESARE BORGIA

BY RAFAEL SABATINI

AUTHOR OF "SCARAMOUCHE," "CAPTAIN BLOOD: HIS
ODYSSEY," "THE SNARE," ETC

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE • MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A

E per pigliare i suoi nemici al vischio
Fischió soavemente, e per ridurli
Nella sua tana, questo basalischio.

Decennali, I. Macchiavelli

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The Banner of the Bull

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