Tavern Knight

Product Description Eighteen years ago, Sir Crispin Galliard, the Tavern Knight in service of King Charles, was another man -- a man with another name, a man who had a life, a future, and a heritage -- including hereditary lands and titles that would come to him in time. Eighteen years ago, two foul neighbors -- Cromwell? About the Author Rafael Sabatini was born to an English mother and Italian father, both well-known opera singers. At seventeen Sabatini moved to England, where, after a brief stint in the business world, he started to write. His major breakthrough came with Scaramouche, which became an international bestseller and was followed by the equally successful Captain Blood. All his earlier books were then rushed into reprint. Many of his novels were subsequently adapted into classic films which appealed to both a male and female market with their drama, romance and action, set against a variety of historical settings. 'One wonders if there is another storyteller so adroit at filling his pages with intrigue and counter-intrigue, with danger threaded with romance, with a background of lavish colour, of silks and velvets, of swords and jewels' - Daily Telegraph