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Italian-born Rafael Sabatin ranks among the likes of Robert Louis Stevenson and Alexandre Dumas for his tales of high adventure, swashbuckling antics and valiant heroes. He is perhaps best loved for his books Scaramouche, Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk, all of which have been adapted into hugely-successful films.
European waters are rife with mighty naval battles-not least the renowned Battle of Amalfi of 1527. Yet for Andrea Doria, the Admiral of the King of France, he soon learns that the battles he confronts are not confined to sea alone. The House of Doria is plagued with conflict both within and without, and Andrea finds that he has very real enemies in his midst.
"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
—from the back of a later printing paperback
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