The Historical Nights' Entertainment, Second Series by Rafael Sabatini, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Political

This book is a collection of narratives about historical events. Included are: "The Absolution; " "The False Demetrius; " "The Hermosa Fembra; " "The Pastry-Cook of Madrigal; " "The End of the Very Galant; " "The Barren Wooing; " "Sir Judas; " "His Insolence of Buckingham; " "The Path of Exile; " "The Tragedy of Herrenhausen; " "The Tyrannicide; " "The Honor of Varano; " "The Lust of Conquest; " and "The Pasquinade." From the author's preface: "As in the case of the narratives that made up the first volume, I set out again with the same ambitious aim of adhering scrupulously in every instance to actual, recorded facts; and once again I find it desirable at the outset to reveal how far the achievement may have fallen short of the admitted aim . . ."