Word: torquemada
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Part of this failure can be explained through Mr. Sabatini's mode of presentation. He has chosen the most difficult of all modes--the direct. Torquemada speaks for Torquemada, fully and at length. The great men hold the center of the stage. Scott, Hugo, Dumas, all of the legion who have succeeded in popularizing history avoided this method as the devil. Minor figures, though principal characters in the story held the public eye, while the major figures in the world's history appeared and disappeared in the background. Yet there is more historical truth, more conviction, more delineation of character...