Captain from Castile | Techniques
The format for Shellabarger's historical novels varies little from book to book. The young, handsome, plucky hero finds himself caught up in the sweep of history — the conquest of Mexico, Italian unification, dynastic struggles in France, the siege of Quebec — in scenes of hairbreadth escapes and last minute rescues, torture and murder, swordplay and sieges. His enemies are dastardly dyed-in-the-wool villains who eventually receive their deserved comeuppance. The ladies in his life range from alluring Venuses, engaging hussies with whom he momentarily dallies, to chaste Dianas, the...
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