Scaramouche the kingmaker5/21/2023 Rafael Sabatini was a twentieth century Alexandre Dumas: a masterful creator of swashbuckling historical romances. Hiding with a troupe of itinerant actors, he gleefully plays the traditional Commedia Dell Arte role of Scaramouche, the trouble making trickster who, like Shakespeare’s fools and jesters, speaks painful truths disguised as harmless comedy. As France plummets into revolution at the end of the eighteenth century, Moreau’s journey toward revenge takes him through several careers, from lawyer to fugitive to actor and playwright and eventually to member of the French National Assembly. All he knows is that he wants vengeance against the vicious, arrogant aristocrat who brutally murdered his best friend. Raised by a supposed ‘godfather,’ Andre’ Louis Moreau knows nothing about his background or his real parents not even his real name. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader’s understanding of these enduring works. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications some include illustrations of historical interest. Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.
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