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What do you owe to a cause when love asks for something else?
In Sarita, the Carlist, Arthur W. Marchmont brings adventure and romance into the troubled world of nineteenth-century Spain. The Carlist cause backs a rival claim to the throne. Against this divided background, Sarita stands at the center of a tale where private feeling meets public conflict.
Love, duty and political loyalty pull this historical romance in different directions. Beneath its movement and danger lies a question: what do we owe to a cause, a family or someone we love? Marchmont writes for readers who enjoy fast plots and romantic danger, with a heroine at the heart of the story.
What you’ll discover
- A country divided Enter a Spanish setting where rival royal claims give political loyalty a sharp edge.
- Sarita at the center Meet the heroine whose name anchors this tale of love, loyalty and intrigue.
- Love beside duty Explore the tension between private feeling and a public cause in an unsettled world.
- The pull of adventure Find the pace and romantic danger that lie at the heart of Marchmont’s fiction.
- Loyalty under pressure Consider what a person owes to family, a political cause and those they love.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this book if you like fast, romantic adventure, secret identities, duels and chases, and a clever hero with a sense of humour.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Exile comes with a family secret
- His borrowed name carries real danger
- Love meets a plot against the King
- Quesada makes friendship look like generosity
- A jealous rival gives up secrets
- The rescue earns a royal friend
- Love cannot settle divided loyalties
- Names and masks shape every encounter
- Protecting Sarita means risking her love
Who’s who
- Ferdinand CarbonnellA witty, restless younger son of an English lord who is sent to Madrid and finds himself using a Carlist leader's name to protect the woman he loves.
- Sarita CastelarHis beautiful and headstrong Spanish cousin, a Carlist who wants to win back her family's stolen fortune and serve her cause at any risk.
- Sebastian QuesadaThe powerful Minister of the Interior, a charming and ruthless schemer who hides great ambition behind a show of friendship.
- Colonel Juan LivenzaA fierce cavalry officer, jealous and proud, who loves Sarita and serves Quesada while hating Ferdinand.
- Silas MayhewFerdinand's loyal friend at the British Embassy, who knows Madrid well and helps him through every trouble.
- Mrs. CurwenA bright, practical widow who refuses to marry for money and follows Ferdinand and his sister to Madrid.
- Dolores QuesadaThe Minister's gentle sister, whom Ferdinand rescues from a mob and who risks her family's peace for his sake.
- Mercy CarbonnellFerdinand's cheerful sister and closest friend, who stands by him in every difficulty.
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Sarita, the Carlist
An English younger son lands in Madrid and is mistaken for a Carlist leader who shares his name.
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“If A won’t marry B, should C be exiled?”
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What if a family's plan to find a rich wife for the elder son sends the younger one into exile, straight into a plot to kidnap a king? That is how Sarita, the Carlist begins.
Sarita, the Carlist at a glance
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- 109,400 words
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- Medium longer sentences, everyday words
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A younger son is exiled to Madrid
The story opens with a riddle. If A will not marry B, should C be exiled? Here C is Ferdinand Carbonnell, the younger son of Lord Glisfoyle, whose title is old but whose money is gone.
His brother Lascelles wants to marry Mrs. Curwen, a rich and sharp-witted young widow. So Lascelles and his father get Ferdinand a post as a probationary attaché in Madrid.
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Marchmont, Arthur W. Sarita, the Carlist. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/sarita-the-carlist.
Marchmont, A. W. (2026). Sarita, the Carlist. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/sarita-the-carlist
Marchmont, Arthur W. Sarita, the Carlist. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/sarita-the-carlist.
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What is Sarita, the Carlist about?
It follows Ferdinand Carbonnell, an English younger son sent to Madrid, who is mistaken for a Carlist leader with his name. He falls in love with his cousin Sarita and tries to protect her from a powerful minister.
Who is Ferdinand Carbonnell in the story?
He is both a real Englishman and an invented Carlist leader. Sarita and her brother borrowed his name for a secret movement, so when the real Ferdinand arrives in Madrid, he is taken for the false one.
What does Carlist mean in this book?
A Carlist backs Don Carlos as the rightful King of Spain and opposes the young King and his government. In the story the Carlists plot risings and a kidnapping, and the Government hunts them.
The author
Arthur W. Marchmont
1852–1923 · British novelist
Arthur W. Marchmont was a British author who was born in 1852 and died in 1923. He wrote novels in English, including Sarita, the Carlist. He lived during the second half of the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century.
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