| CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE Hardback Book with torn Dust Jacket Written by Samuel Shellabarger Over 500 pages Copyright © 1945 by Little, Brown and Company " From the Publishers' Readers' Reports:
"Maybe other readers won't feel the same, but I think that anyone who was once absorbed by THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO or THE THREE MUSKETEERS will have the time of his life with this story." " " The handsome, red-haired hidalgo, Pedro de Vargas, stood on the threshold of the future but, like any hot-blooded young Castilian, he lived in the present. His father, Francisco de Vargas, lived in the past. The discovery of a New World, the intellectual awakening of the Renaissance, had caused a cleavage in men's minds. As today, so then. The young in spirit looked forward with eagerness, the old, backward with regret. Old Francisco longed to see his own life relived in his son, who longed to picture him defending his honor with a lance and sword on the battlefield. His old enemy, the Chevalier Bayard, had agreed to welcome Pedro into his Company of Lances. But to a young gallant of nineteen, sturdy and adventurous, an assured future, even an exciting one, has not quite the enchantment of the unknown, not quite the enchantment of a New World. For the exploits of Cristóbal Colón had enlivened Pedro's childhood and the rash courage of wild Hernán Cortés was even now calling to his youth. " " The author, Samuel Shellabarger, is magnificently qualified to tell this story. A nonpareil story-teller, he is also a Renaissance scholar. Thus, he is able at one and the same time to tell a thrilling adventure tale and to provide a vivid, lively background of the sixteenth century - the dawn of the modern age still shadowed by the feudal past. " The book is in good condition for its age with minor edgewear to the cover and the words are faded on the side.
The edges of the pages are yellowed due to aging.
The dust jacket is in poor condition with many tears. It is in several pieces.
No torn or ripped pages in the book.
No other markings or writing. |
for 1 item(s)
