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The book was presented as a full audiobook, described as a sweeping tale blending romance, historical imagination, and adventure set against the backdrop of the fading Inca empire in Peru, starting in medieval England. The narrative detailed the escapades of an Englishman who became intertwined with the Children of the Sun and defied the priesthood for forbidden love.
The Virgin of the Sun by H. Ryder Haggard Dedication My dear Little, Some five and thirty years ago, It was our custom To discuss many matters. Among them, I think, The history and romance Of the vani...
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The book was presented as a full audiobook, described as a sweeping tale blending romance, historical imagination, and adventure set against the backdrop of the fading Inca empire in Peru, starting in medieval England. The narrative detailed the escapades of an Englishman who became intertwined with the Children of the Sun and defied the priesthood for forbidden love.
The Virgin of the Sun by H. Ryder Haggard Dedication My dear Little, Some five and thirty years ago, It was our custom To discuss many matters. Among them, I think, The history and romance Of the vanished empires of Central America. In memory of those far-off days, Will you accept A tale that deals with one of them. That of the marvellous Incas of Peru.
With the legend also that, Long before the Spanish conquerors Entered on their mission of robbery and ruin, There in that undiscovered land Lived and died a white god Risen from the sea.
The Sword and the Ring I, Hubert of Hastings, write this in the land of Tawintinsuia, far from England, where I was born, whither I shall never more return, being a wanderer, as the rune upon the sword of my ancestor Thorgrimma, foretold that I should be, which sword my mother gave me on the day
I write it with a pen that I have shaped from a wing-feather of the great eagle of the mountains, with ink that I have made from the juices of certain herbs which I discovered, and on parchment that I have split from the skins of native sheep with my own hands, but badly, I fear, though I have seen that art practiced when I was a merchant of the cheap in London town.
Then it is that I grew afraid of what may follow after this present hour of peace and love and plenty.