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Trama e riassunto di L’onore dei Savelli
- 8 min di lettura
- 10 parts
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At a camp supper in Arezzo, a nobleman is called a thief, and one buried bag of loot ends his career.
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L’onore dei Savelli in breve
Riassunto: 8 min di lettura
- Tempo di lettura
- Circa 6 h 20 min5 h 5 min fast, 7 h 35 min slow
- Durata
- 91.000 parole
- Livello nella biblioteca
- Medio longer sentences, everyday words
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1895by S. Levett Yeats
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L’onore dei Savelli in short
The Honour of Savelli follows a soldier from ruin to a second chance. Falsely branded a thief, Savelli loses his rank, his sword and his friends in a single day. He sets out to kill the man who framed him, and the road leads through swamps, Florentine plots and the Roman court of the Borgia.
What L’onore dei Savelli is about
What happens to a man when his friends turn their backs in a single evening? At a supper in the camp near Arezzo, a soldier named Ugo di Savelli hears a rival say he will not drink with a thief. Within hours a buried bag of stolen goods and a stern court-martial take away his sword, his spurs and his good name.
The Honour of Savelli is a historical adventure by S. Levett Yeats, who took Alexandre Dumas as his model. It gives you duels, disguises, poisoned wine, a savage bear and a cast that includes Machiavelli and the knight Bayard. Savelli tells it himself, years afterward. Will he take revenge, or win his honour back another way?
A chi è rivolto. Readers who enjoy swashbuckling adventure, duels, disguises and daring rescues will find plenty here. So will anyone who likes meeting real figures such as Machiavelli and Bayard inside a story of honour and forgiveness.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A false charge destroys a soldier in one night
Ugo di Savelli is a captain of good family and a thin purse, serving in King Louis's army. At a supper near Arezzo, his rival D'Entrangues refuses to drink with him and calls him a thief. For weeks a clever thief has robbed the camp, and the duchess has lost a ruby circlet.
D'Entrangues asks for a search of Savelli's tent. His servant Tarbes is threatened with the wheel and points to a valise buried under a rug. Inside lie stolen goods, and a small key found on Savelli himself opens the lock. At the trial, Bayard asks how D'Entrangues knew of the deposit at all. But Tarbes has already been hanged, so no one can put the question to him.
Savelli could clear himself by saying where he was on the seventh of March. Then he sees Madame D'Entrangues in the gallery, begging him with her eyes to stay silent. He says only that he cannot say. The court breaks his sword and gives him an hour to leave the camp.
A man may lose everything by keeping silent to protect another person.
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Ruin pushes him toward revenge and temptation
Savelli leaves the camp as an outcast, jeered at by soldiers.
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Strange roads lead the outcast to Florence
Savelli crosses the marshes toward Florence and loses his way in the rain.
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Florence offers a fever, a plot and a dying girl
For weeks Savelli lies ill, tended by the old steward Bernabo Ceci.
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Hunger, a stranger's thanks and a secret errand
Penniless, Savelli holds the gold Cross of St. Lazare, given to him by King Charles after he saved the king in the retreat from Fornovo.
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Rome offers friends, gifts and poisoned wine
Savelli rides into Rome and sees Pope Alexander VI gallop past dressed as a Turk.
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A young volunteer and a rescue by daylight
In the cardinal's household Savelli meets a Chevalier St. Armande, slight, soft-voiced and shy.
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Honour is both a name and a fact
The title announces the theme.
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Revenge and forgiveness struggle in one heart
Savelli begins the book wanting only to kill D'Entrangues.
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A memoir told with speed, colour and humour
The story is told by Savelli himself, looking back from a long life.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Ugo di Savelli A mercenary captain of old Roman family, branded a thief by false evidence, who wants revenge and then slowly seeks to win back his honour.
- D'Entrangues A red-moustached French officer who hates Savelli and frames him as a thief to ruin him in front of the whole army.
- Doris D'Entrangues The unhappy wife of D'Entrangues, kind to Savelli, who stays silent at the trial and keeps a deep friendship for him.
- Jacopo Jacopi Savelli's talkative soldier from Lucca, loyal to the end, who boasts of his luck, his arquebus and his brave deeds.
- Angiola Castellani A proud, dark-eyed lady and ward of Machiavelli, who first scorns Savelli and then needs him when she is held captive.
- Niccolo Machiavelli The wry Florentine Secretary who hires Savelli for a secret errand and relies on cunning, letters and a watchful eye.
- Bayard The noble French knight who believes in Savelli's innocence, gives him a horse and stands for the highest ideal of chivalry.
- Mathew Corte A grief-stricken wanderer in a fool's costume, who first shelters Savelli and then pursues a hatred of his own.
How it ends (spoiler)
Savelli captures Cesare Borgia and hands him to the Orsini, and the king knights him again in the very hall where he was cast out. The chevalier St. Armande dies protecting him and is Madame D'Entrangues in disguise. D'Entrangues drowns in the Tiber, and Pope Alexander dies at Corte's hands. Savelli marries Angiola, regains his county and lives quietly with her and their children.
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What is The Honour of Savelli about?
It follows Ugo di Savelli, a soldier falsely accused of theft in a French camp in Italy. Disgraced, he travels to Florence, Rome and Perugia, meets Machiavelli and Bayard, and fights to win back his good name.
Who is Savelli's enemy in the book?
His enemy is D'Entrangues, a French officer who hides stolen goods in Savelli's tent and accuses him in front of the army. His wife, Madame D'Entrangues, is Savelli's friend and plays a quiet part in the story.
Is The Honour of Savelli a true story?
No, it is an invented adventure set in the early 1500s. It uses real people such as Machiavelli, Bayard, Cardinal d'Amboise and Pope Alexander VI, and real places, but the central plot of Savelli's disgrace is fiction.
Is The Honour of Savelli easy to follow?
Yes, in the sense that matters. Savelli narrates in a clear, lively voice, the chapters are short and each ends with a fresh turn. Duels, chases and humorous side characters keep the pace brisk from start to finish.
What is the main message of the book?
The book shows that honour rests on what a person does and not on what others say. It also weighs revenge against forgiveness, and suggests that kindness and restraint can matter more than winning a fight.
Cita questa edizione
Levett-Yeats, S. The Honour of Savelli. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-honour-of-savelli.
Levett-Yeats, S. (2026). The honour of Savelli. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-honour-of-savelli (Original work published 1895)
Levett-Yeats, S. The Honour of Savelli. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-honour-of-savelli.
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