CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE Novel by Samuel Shellabarger Armed Services Edition 854

Description: INCURRING the hatred of a lordly neighbor who used the facts of the grim Inquisition to pursue his private ends, the handsome, red-haired hidalgo, Pedro de Vargas, fled to Cuba under the tutelage of Juan Garcia, that rugged veteran of Columbus's and Cortes's voyages. Cuba was astir with talk of the wild plan of Cortes to invade Mexico. Pedro joined this brilliant campaign and so, to his surprise, did the supple dancer, Catana, whom he had met at home. The standards of old Spain barred him from her society; so, following custom, he had sailed with a token from the high-born Lady Luica, a favor in the form of a Lux handkerchief. But Old Spain was behind him and Catana was before him, passionate and determined. Pedro required, for a New World, new standards. In Mexico Pedro emerged as the ideal conquistador. When, seasoned and shrewd, he next appeared in Spain, he made an impressive courtier and an adroit envoy for Cortes at the court of Charles V. Here is thrilling adventure in Spain and Mexico. Here is the authentic life of the sixteenth century, with its manners and its crudeness, its gaiety and cruelty, its passion, its pride. its sudden death, and lust for life. This special edition of CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE by Samuel Shellabarger has been made available to the Armed Force, of the United States through an arrangement with the original publisher, Little, Brown and Company. Inc., Boston. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc.. a nonprofit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime

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