Wrongfully arrested following the Monmouth rebellion of 1685, Peter Blood, physician and former soldier, escapes the hangman's noose only to be exiled to the tropical colonies. Sold into slavery to a cruel plantation owner, his moral fortitude and medical ability soon earn him the favour of the island's governor.

When Andre-Louis witnesses the murder of his best friend by an arrogant and privileged aristocrat, he swears to avenge his death. Forced to flee his hometown after stirring up revolutionary fervour in the citizens, he falls in with a travelling theatre company and disguises himself as the character of the wily rogue Scaramouche.

Rafael Sabatini wrote his stories of The Historical Night's Entertainment to thrill and delight his readers with accounts of bizarre and extraordinary episodes. Based on real events, Sabatini has brought to them his own masterly embellishments, adding all the liveliness and excitement of fiction.

Agostino d'Anguissola is a formidable character - as tyrant of Modolfo and Lord of Carmina, he is not a man to be ignored. And for the state of Piacenza, he is a terrifying and mighty master of whom his subjects live in fear and awe. The Strolling Saint chronicles d'Anguissola's personal testimony and his confessions.

Captain Blood is the story of a physician and gentleman turned pirate. Peter Blood, wrongfully accused and sentenced to death, narrowly escapes his fate and finds himself in the company of buccaneers. Embarking on his new life with remarkable skill and bravery, Blood becomes the 'Robin Hood' of the Spanish seas.

Cesare Borgia has long had the reputation of being a notorious, but harmless criminal, known only in tales of romance and melodrama. Yet in this biography, Sabatini seeks to redress this imbalance and present the true story of the original Machiavellian villain. Cesare Borgia emerges as a man of sound judgement and military genius.

King in Prussia is a story of the formative years of the renowned king who has been hailed Frederick the Great. Sabatini has created a biography - and revealed an uncanny similarity between his subject and his modern counterpart, Adolf Hitler.

Columbino, a great mercenary in pre-Renaissance Italy, has developed his own moral code of chivalry to which he ruthlessly and relentlessly adheres. Yet when four women are singularly betrayed as a direct result of this code, he comes to question the very essence of his understanding. He emerges with a renewed passion and an awakened sympathy.

Justine Caryle is the perfect English gentleman - honourable, brave, loyal, and intelligent, but he is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Ostermore and the Earl's true heir is determined to destroy his reputation. Caryll and Lord Ostermore come face to face once more and become locked in a battle of revenge, jealousy and greed.

French king Louis XVII officially died at the age of ten, but, legend has it, he escaped abroad where he lived to old age. The author explores these myths, creating a story of passion, revenge and betrayal. He tells how the young child escaped to Switzerland, from where he plotted his triumphant return to claim the throne of France.

The scene is Monmouth's Rebellion, set in the West Country in seventeenth-century England. As the ill-fated and weak 'King Monmouth' attempts to rally his insubordinate troops, Anthony Wilding embarks upon his own quest - to woo his unwilling bride. The political and personal stories are interwoven in this historical romance.