The Lion's Skin: An Impostor Among Gentlemen
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 56 full-page plates by Thomas Gainsborough, Francis Barlow and William Hogarth. Justin Caryll has been raised in Paris by a Jacobite fanatic for a single purpose: to go to London and destroy the Earl of Ostermore, who ruined his mother — and who is Justin's own father. He arrives in London a polished man of fashion with Jacobite business of his own, and finds the earl's household harder to hate than he was taught, and Hortensia, a girl of that household, impossible not to love. Sabatini spoke five languages and chose English because, he said, all the best stories are told in it; the lion's skin of the title is Aesop's, and the question is who is really wearing it. Fifty-six plates of horses, lions and country houses, from Stubbs and Munch among others, echo the masks and appetites of Sabatini's London.
Complete and unabridged, with 56 full-page plates by Thomas Gainsborough, Francis Barlow and William Hogarth. Justin Caryll has been raised in Paris by a Jacobite fanatic for a single purpose: to go to London and destroy the Earl of Ostermore, who ruined his mother — and who is Justin's own fathe...
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Rafael Sabatini (1875–1950), an Italian-born English novelist, wrote historical adventure and romance. His novels include Scaramouche, Captain Blood, and Bardelys the Magnificent.
Rafael Sabatini (1875–1950), an Italian-born English novelist, wrote historical adventure and romance. His novels include Scaramouche, Captain Blood, and Bardelys the Magnificent.
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