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Originally Posted by anjirlly
Here's a new quote:
"It was a lovely walk, that, nearly four miles over the downs. We thumbed over a variety of topics strung lightly on the common thread of apiculture. He gestured wildly atop a knoll when comparing the management of hives with Machiavellian theories of government, and cows ran snorting away. He paused in the middle of a stream to illustrate his theory juxtaposing the swarming of hives and the economic roots of war, using examples of the German invasion of France, and the visceral patriotism of the English."
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I haven't read it (yet), but I suspect that this must be
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King