Title; Contents; Chapter I -- The Fanatic; Chapter II -- At the "Adam and Eve"; Chapter III -- The Witness; Chapter IV -- Mr. Green; Chapter V -- Moonshine; Chapter VI -- Hortensia's Return; Chapter VII -- Father and Son; Chapter VIII -- Temptation; Chapter IX -- The Champion; Chapter X -- Spurs to the Reluctant; Chapter XI -- The Assault-At-Arms; Chapter XII -- Sunshine and Shadow; Chapter XIII -- The Forlorn Hope; Chapter XIV -- Lady Ostermore; Chapter XV -- Love and Rage; Chapter XVI -- Mr. Green Executes His Warrant; Chapter XVII -- Amid the Graves; Chapter XVIII -- The Ghost of the Past. and Chapter XIX -- The End of Lord OstermoreChapter XX -- Mr. Caryll's Identity; Chapter XXI -- The Lion's Skin; Chapter XXII -- The Hunters; Chapter XXIII -- The Lion.
Summary
In past eras, the illegitimate children of powerful monarchs and aristocrats were often sent abroad to be raised where they could cause no undue embarrassment to their biological parents. This commonplace practice forms the plot of Rafael Sabatini's epic classic The Lion's Skin. In the novel, Justin Caryll, the illegitimate son of the influential Earl of Ostermore, travels from France to his native England to confront his father - and to exact his long-planned revenge.
