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100 1 _aSabatini, Rafael,
_d1875-1950
245 1 4 _aThe Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2005-04-01
505 0 _aThe absolution: Affonso Henriques, first king of Portugal -- The false Demetrius: Boris Godunov and the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible -- The hermosa fembra: an episode of the Inquisition in Seville -- The pastry-cook of Madrigal: the story of the false Sebastian of Portugal -- The end of the "vert galant": the assassination of Henry IV -- The barren wooing: the murder of Amy Robsart -- Sir Judas: the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh -- His Insolence of Buckingham: George Villiers' courtship of Anne of Austria -- The path of exile: the fall of Lord Clarendon -- The tragedy of Herrenhausen: Count Philip Königsmark and the Princess Sophia Dorothea -- The tyrannicide: Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat.
508 _aJ. C. Byers, Abdulh Ameed Alhassan and David Widger
520 _a"The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series" by Rafael Sabatini is a collection of historical narratives written in the early 20th century. This volume serves as a follow-up to a previous collection, offering richly detailed tales grounded in actual historical events, though some liberties taken with the facts allow for engaging storytelling. The narratives in this series touch on significant episodes and figures, including Affonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, and intriguing events in various European courts during tumultuous times. At the start of the book, the author dedicates it to David Whitelaw and explains that the stories included are meant to entertain while remaining as faithful to recorded history as possible. The opening narrative introduces Affonso Henriques, highlighting his rise to power amid conflicts with the Moors and the challenges he faced from both his mother and the church following his imprisonment of her. Readers witness the spirited young prince's defiance against papal authority, revealing themes of ambition, conflict, and the burdens of leadership set against the backdrop of the 12th-century Iberian Peninsula. The narrative establishes a tone of drama and intensity that likely characterizes the rest of the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEurope -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
653 _aHistorical fiction, English
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7949
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