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What is a family name worth when loyalty falters and honour puts survival at risk?
In The Honour of Savelli, S. Levett Yeats takes you into Renaissance Italy, where small states, powerful families and shifting alliances make a name matter. This historical adventure belongs to the swashbuckling tradition: proud men, sharp swords and rival houses fill a world where trust carries a cost.
Betrayal stands at the heart of the story, alongside honour and the possibility of redemption. The central question is personal: what must a hero do to remain worthy of his name? Across courts and countryside, quick action gives that question an edge, bringing loyalty into the path of danger.
What you’ll discover
- A name worth defending Explore a world where family standing gives questions of honour a sharp, personal weight.
- Italy's shifting alliances Enter Renaissance courts and countryside shaped by powerful families, rival houses and uncertain loyalties.
- Trust under pressure Follow the theme of betrayal, where broken trust makes honour harder to hold.
- The pull of adventure Enjoy the swift movement and sword fights that give swashbuckling romance its restless energy.
- The question of redemption Consider what remains of honour when loyalty fails and a good name is at stake.
Who will love it
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.
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- Silence costs Savelli his good name
- Revenge meets a moment of restraint
- Disgrace does not make an assassin
- An honest errand offers another path
- Trust opens a road toward restoration
- A rescue depends on nerve
- Honour survives the loss of rank
- Forgiveness must be chosen again
- Each test gives honour a meaning
Who’s who
- Ugo di SavelliA 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'EntranguesA red-moustached French officer who hates Savelli and frames him as a thief to ruin him in front of the whole army.
- Doris D'EntranguesThe unhappy wife of D'Entrangues, kind to Savelli, who stays silent at the trial and keeps a deep friendship for him.
- Jacopo JacopiSavelli's talkative soldier from Lucca, loyal to the end, who boasts of his luck, his arquebus and his brave deeds.
- Angiola CastellaniA proud, dark-eyed lady and ward of Machiavelli, who first scorns Savelli and then needs him when she is held captive.
- Niccolo MachiavelliThe wry Florentine Secretary who hires Savelli for a secret errand and relies on cunning, letters and a watchful eye.
- BayardThe noble French knight who believes in Savelli's innocence, gives him a horse and stands for the highest ideal of chivalry.
- Mathew CorteA grief-stricken wanderer in a fool's costume, who first shelters Savelli and then pursues a hatred of his own.
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The Honour of Savelli
by S. Levett Yeats · 1895
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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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.
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- Medium longer sentences, everyday words
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- 1895by S. Levett Yeats
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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.
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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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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.
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