Love-at-Arms (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Adventure NovelBy Rafael Sabatini
Length10h 19m
About this audiobook
Rafael Sabatini's Love-at-Arms is a spirited historical romance of Renaissance Italy, moving through courts, fortresses, and contested loyalties with the momentum of a duel. Set amid the martial and political culture of Urbino and its surrounding principalities, the novel combines courtly love, espionage, factional rivalry, and swordplay. Its prose is richly colored, theatrical, and deliberately archaic, placing it in the lineage of Dumas while reflecting the Edwardian taste for meticulously staged adventures of honor and intrigue. Sabatini was unusually equipped to imagine such a world. Born in Italy in 1875 to an Italian father and an English mother, both opera singers, he grew up amid languages, travel, and European cultural history before choosing English as his literary medium. His lifelong fascination with the Renaissance, diplomacy, warfare, and codes of personal loyalty informs the novel's confident handling of atmosphere and historical texture. Readers who admire intelligent adventure fiction will find Love-at-Arms especially rewarding. It offers romance without sentimentality, action without mere spectacle, and history animated by wit, danger, and moral tension.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Historical Fiction
Length10 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 11, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
17Chapter XIII. Gian Maria Makes a Vow
2Introduction
18Chapter XIV. Fortemani Drinks Water
3Synopsis
19Chapter XV. The Mercy of Francesco
4Historical Context
20Chapter XVI. Gonzaga Unmasks
5Chapter I. Vox Populi
21Chapter XVII. The Enemy
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6Chapter II. On a Mountain Path
22Chapter XVIII. Treachery
7Chapter III. Sackcloth and Motley
23Chapter XIX. Plot and Counterplot
8Chapter IV. Monna Valentina
24Chapter XX. The Lovers
9Chapter V. Gian Maria
25Chapter XXI. The Penitent
10Chapter VI. The Amorous Duke
26Chapter XXII. A Revelation
11Chapter VII. Gonzaga the Insidious
27Chapter XXIII. In the Armoury Tower
12Chapter VIII. Among the Dregs Of Wine
28Chapter XXIV. The Interrupted Mass
13Chapter IX. The “Tratta di Corde”
29Chapter XXV. The Capitulation of Roccaleone
14Chapter X. The Braying of an Ass
30Analysis
15Chapter XI. Wandering Knights
31Reflection
16Chapter XII. The Fool's Inquisitiveness
32Memorable Quotes
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