Drake's Chaplain by Bernard Capes
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By Bernard Capes · First published 1903 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Biography · 2,365 words
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Looking like a man who had fallen from a roof, a pulp of red and grey, with joints heaved out of all relation to anatomy, the prisoner of the Inquisition was haled before his most Catholic Majesty, who sat in a closet of the Escurial eating rich pastry from a salver, and licking his fingers between. A swarthy guard on either side held up the poor wretch, else he would have weltered to the stones, for he had no limbs capable of supporting him. Yet he swaggered in grotesque suggestion, and gave a twisted parody of a laugh. The pitiful, it seemed, where such existed, could endure the sight of his mutilation less than he himself the fact. He was one of those endowed with a constitutional insensibility to pain. That such human anomalies occur, witness the contemporary examples of Gérard, who murdered William the Silent, and Ravaillac, who stabbed Henry of Navarre.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Bernard Capes
- Date: 1903 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Biography
- Length: 2,365 words
- Structure: 1 section, 45 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Historical Fiction — The title suggests a character associated with a historical figure, Drake, and the series name 'Historical Vignettes' further supports this genre.
- Adventure — Given Drake's historical role as an explorer, this book might involve elements of adventure or exploration in its plot.
- Biography — If the chaplain character serves to explore Drake's life or personality, the book could also fall under biography.
Tags
Historical Fiction · Adventure · Maritime · Exploration · Renaissance · Religion · Spain · Portugal · 16th Century · Elizabethan Era · Nautical · Travel