Lord Andre Orsini begins the intrigue...
Written by Samuel Shellabarger in 1947 and published through Little, Brown, and Company, this First Edition offers a high collectible value, but even more pleasantly, a wonderful read.
With the publication of Captain from Castile, Shellabarger became known in the late forties as “the ideal chronicler of historical fiction. He was also a Renaissance scholar, and a lively writer and has successfully combined his skills and talent to create a wonderful book.
In Prince of Foxes, the locale is set in ‘the lusty, enterprising, violent and creative era known as the Renaissance. This time the scene is Italy whence came the inspiration for the turbulent rebirth of a new world and where its flowering was most gorgeous – and in some phases most deadly’.
Dr. Shellabarger, Instructor & Historical Writer, 1947
This is the story of the mysterious lord Andrea Orsini, a young man of violent accomplishment. In the vast attainments and latent promise of this amazing character, one finds the brilliant contradiction that marked the times from which he sprang. The story begins as Orsini is about to undertake a delicate mission…
