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The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro

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By Rafael Sabatini
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The memoir recounts the fortunes of Lazzaro Biancomonte, once the motley-clad court fool of Pesaro, who seeks to cast off his degrading role after serving the Borgias. After carrying a letter to a powerful cardinal, he gains new employment and is drawn into courtly intrigue, shifting between masquerade, martial ambitions, and calculated revenge. Political machinations, betrayals, and violent confrontations lead to the fall of Pesaro and a darker second phase in Cesena, where plots, poison, siege and fatal reckonings culminate in an ominous resolution.

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Title: The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro

Author: Rafael Sabatini

Release date: September 1, 2002 [eBook #3408]
Most recently updated: December 22, 2021

Language: English

Credits: John Stuart Middleton and David Widger

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THE SHAME OF MOTLEY

Being the Memoir of Certain Transactions
in the Life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte,
sometime Fool of the Court of Pesaro.

By Rafael Sabatini

CONTENTS

PART I.FLOWER OF THE QUINCE
CHAPTER I. THE CARDINAL OF VALENCIA
CHAPTER II. THE LIVERIES OF SANTAFIOR
CHAPTER III. MADONNA PAOLA
CHAPTER IV. THE COZENING OF RAMIRO
CHAPTER V. MADONNA’S INGRATITUDE
CHAPTER VI. FOOL’S LUCK
CHAPTER VII. THE SUMMONS FROM ROME
CHAPTER VIII. “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN”
CHAPTER IX. THE FOOL-AT-ARMS
CHAPTER X. THE FALL OF PESARO
PART II.THE OGRE OF CESENA
CHAPTER XI. MADONNA’S SUMMONS
CHAPTER XII. THE GOVERNOR OF CESENA
CHAPTER XIII. POISON
CHAPTER XIV. REQUIESCAT!
CHAPTER XV. AN ILL ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE CITADEL OF CESENA
CHAPTER XVII. THE SENESCHAL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE LETTER
CHAPTER XIX. DOOMED
CHAPTER XX. THE SUNSET
CHAPTER XXI. AVE CAESAR!