Captain from Castile: by Samuel Shellabarger

Peace after toil, port after stormy seas. No words could better describe Francisco de Vargas's retirement from active life. Though at times especially after a visit or letter from some old comrade-he still discussed the possibility of returning to the service of king and honor in the arena of Italy, and cast yearning eyes on his weapons, he was becoming happily reconciled to the comforts of home and garden.

In this disposition, Dona Maria warmly encouraged him. She pointed out that since their marriage in Florence twenty years ago, he had spent little more time with her than was enough to beget their children. She doubted,indeed, wether they would have children at all, except for the fact that she had passed some of those years in her father's house, and had thus been available between campaigns.

"Honor, sir,"she declared with Italian good sense," is all very well until it becomes an excuse for travel and junketing. You have had all you need of it. A man of your years with a bad knee should not be elbowing young fellows and roaring Santiago in a charge."

I LOVE Captain from Castile so far its exciting. There is danger, romance, and adventures. The way the author made this book is awesome, he made so as it draws anybody in. There's romance for girl teenagers. There are moments of danger for guy teenagers. There is also everything a adult could look for. So I think this book is a very good book to read.

Now the content of this book is great. Except for the parts where he is describing something, he tends to drag on what he's describing. There are some parts that I wish part of the captions were in English instead of Spanish. This way I could understand more of what he's telling me. After all of that though, I think he's a wonderful author.