Bellarion the Fortunate (Annotated)

Bellarion the Fortunate is Rafael Sabatini's spirited historical romance of fifteenth-century Italy, following a clever foundling-scholar who leaves monastic obscurity to become a master strategist amid the volatile politics of Lombardy, Montferrat, and Milan. Written with Sabatini's characteristic elegance, irony, and narrative momentum, the novel blends picaresque adventure with the tradition of...