| First edition | |
| Author | Rafael Sabatini |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical adventure |
| Publisher | Hutchinson (UK) McClelland & Stewart (CAN) |
Publication date | 1934 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Venetian Masque is a 1934 adventure novel written by the Anglo-Italian writer Rafael Sabatini. [1]
It is set in the 1790s, around the time of the invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte which led to the fall of the Republic of Venice. The hero is the Vicomte de Saulx, a French aristocrat supposedly guillotined during the French Revolution, who enters the world of espionage in Venice.