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Highly recommended!
I just recently read this book (via manybooks.net) and it was terrific. Started out in England, but soon shifted to Spain ca. 1830(?), which for me did not bode too well.
I stand corrected, however. Merriman's own publishers made a point of printing only tales set in the British Isles, due to lack of reader interest in exotic locales, but they too, had to acknowledge that he was right -- his stories sure did sell, and no wonder.
To say Merriman had a strong literary bent is to understate the case, and this story is my personal favorite of his.
Check it out!
Chris
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