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The Lion of Saint Mark

G. A. Henty

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Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress of Venice."
And thus begins another swashbuckling adventure by G. A. Henty. The great city-state is in trouble from Genoa and other neighboring cities, and of course it's up to a young English lad to save her! Kidnappings, sea battles, dangerous adventures of all sorts and even a little romance combine to make this one of Henty's most exciting novels. Climb aboard and join us for an adventure that will leave you on the edge of your seat
getting into his gondola to go round again to Signor Polani's, when another gondola came along the canal at the top of its speed, and he recognized at once the badge of the Giustiniani. It stopped suddenly as it came abreast of his own boat, and Matteo, in a state of the highest excitement, jumped from his own boat into that of Francis.

"What is the matter, Matteo? What has happened?"

"I have terrible news, Francisco. My cousins have both disappeared."

"Disappeared!" Francis repeated in astonishment "How have they disappeared?"

"Their father has just been round to see mine. He is half mad with grief and anger. You know they had gone to spend the day at the Persanis?"

"Yes, yes," Francis exclaimed; "but do go on, Matteo. Tell me all about it, quickly."

"Well, it seems that Polani, for some reason or other, thought he would go and fetch them himself, and at five o'clock he arrived there in his gondola, only to find that they had left two hours before. You were right, Francisco, it was that beldam Castaldi. She went with them there in the morning, and left them there, and was to have come in the gondola for them at six. At three o'clock she arrived, saying that their father had met with a serious accident, having fallen down the steps of one of the bridges and broken his leg, and that he had sent her to fetch them at once.

"Of course, they left with her instantly. Polani questioned the lackeys, who had aided them to embark. They said that the gondola was not one of his boats, but was apparently a hired gondola, with a closed cabin. The girls had stopped in surprise as they came down the steps, and Maria said, 'Why, this is not our gondola!'

"Castaldi replied, 'No, no; our own gondolas had both gone off to find and bring a leech, and as your father was urgently wanting you, I hailed the first passing boat. Make haste, dears, your father is longing for you.'

"So they got on board at once, and the gon

Viva 11/08/2023
Spoilers ahead.

One of the better GA Henty books I've read. I'd gotten about 50 of them from the Kindle store and now I'm going through them slowly. This one is about an English lad (Francis Hammond) in 14th century Venice. He is there with his father who is an English trader.

He plans to follow in h
Elizabeth 06/29/2023
I really enjoyed this one. This is fabulous historical fiction, friendship, bravery, gondola racing, and adventure all rolled into one book. I would have given it 4.25 stars, but I knocked out down to 4 because I felt like the last chapter was so rushed.
Susan 07/09/2021
Francis Hammond is an upstanding young Englishman living in 14th century Venice. By dint of curiosity, hard work, self-discipline, courage, ingenuity, and honour, he goes from being a person of no consequence, to being indispensible, honoured, prosperous, and well-married.

I do admire Francis and wan
Lydia 10/13/2018
Francis Hammond is English by birth, but has lived in Venice for several years with his merchant/trader father. Though he isn't socially equal to the city's nobles in the 14th century, however, because many of their houses are or were merchants, and because he is a foreigner, Francis is allowed to a
Denae 08/12/2017
Reader thoughts: This is one of those few school books that I enjoyed just as well the second time. My mom read it to me a long time ago (she read tons of GA Henty books to us, which gave us a better vocabulary), and I recently found the audiobook for download on my library's overdrive.

This GAH is j

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