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Audiobooks Narrated by Cliff Roles
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A Medieval Celtic fantasy full of deadly deceptions, with twists and turns to be savored.
First Light delves into a tumultuous era in the Highlands of Eire. Will the ancient rituals of Una, the Mystic of the Swamp, succeed in coaxing the mighty spirits to protect Lady Fiona from the secrets of the grave? The Mertins twins recreate the earthy, crude qualities of medieval castle life. Lords, sans scruples, proposing lust and love... Courtly love... ladies dressed in shimmering satin... ancient chants... poisoned wine...
CONTENTS:
Preface
1. First Light; The Bride and Groom; Mi Na Meala; Second Light; Enemy in the Night; The Torment
2. Desperate for Help; Into the Forest; Una, the Swamp Witch; Being Guided Back; The Magical Cure
3. Silence; Confrontations Persist; Unbearable Unhappiness
4. A Deadly Game; The Marketplace; The Golden Coin; Revisiting the Market
5. The Concoction; Sexual Proclivities; Carousing Continues; Messenger of Death; Justice is Served; Caty Defends Herself; Edmud Accuses
6. Final Trip Home to Lockmoor; Internment in the Meadow; Remembering; Evil is as Evil Does
7. Home from the Tavern; Daily Routine; Remembering the Good Times... and Bad; Lady of the Castle; Family Discipline
8. Quarreling Youths; Edmud, Traveling Tradesman; Remorse; A Reason to Visit Fiona; Finding Fiona and the Golden Coin
9. The Dark Route Home; Checking the East Tower
10. Time of New Life; A Cause for Joy; Baby Girl; Readiness; The Knowing
11. The Celebration; The Baptism; One Task Remains; Heir to the Castle
12. Forty-Day Wait; A Possible Solution; The Sharoke; The Search is Ended
13. Farewell Warning; Alone at the Castle; A Castle Day; Treasure; A Rich Life; Castle Guards; Captain of the Guards; Nights at the Castle; Dusk Gathers
14. Springtime; Summer Progress; Escape to Lockmoor; A warning
15. The Sojourn; The Fair; Safe Arrival at Lockmoor; The Much Awaited Sharing; The Telling of the Rune; The Game of Hearts
16. The Game; Plans in Motion; Letter Received; A Warning; Courting Love; The Responses; Foreboding
17. The Encounter; The Big Game; Readying For Entrapment
18. The Feast Begins; The Evening Progresses; The Players Continue; Coincidences; The Questioning; Sharing of Secrets
19. Preparations
20. The Ceremony; Achievement; A Taste of Love; Anxiety; To Bed, to Dream; The Sharing of Secrets; Completeness
21. Rude Awakening; The Story; Jason is Dead
22. Burial of Jason Avery; The Confrontation; Alone at Last; First Light reprise
Legendary tales of the lives of famous people and historic episodes.
Of these fifty stories, some have historical value, some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths, and others are intended only to amuse. A few of these stories are from very ancient sources and are current in the literature of many lands, while many of more recent origin have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people. Nearly all are frequently alluded to in poetry and prose.
CONTENTS:
1. King Alfred and the Cakes
2. King Alfred and the Beggar
3. King Canute on the Seashore
4. The Sons of William the Conqueror
5. The White Ship
6. King John and the Abbot
7. A Story of Robin Hood
8. Bruce and the Spider
9. The Black Douglas
10. Three Men of Gotham
11. Other Wise Men of Gotham
12. The Miller of the Dee
13. Sir Philip Sidney
14. The Ungrateful Soldier
15. Sir Humphrey Gilbert
16. Sir Walter Raleigh
17. Pocahontas
18. George Washington and his Hatchet
19. Grace Darling
20. The Story of William Tell
21. Arnold Winkelried
22. The Bell of Atri
23. How Napoleon crossed the Alps
24. The Story of Cincinnatus
25. The Story of Regulus
26. Cornelia's Jewels
27. Androcles and the Lion
28. Horatius at the Bridge
29. Julius Caesar
30. The Sword of Damocles
31. Damon and Pythias
32. A Laconic Answer
33. The Ungrateful Guest
34. Alexander and Bucephalus
35. Diogenes the Wise Man
36. The Brave Three Hundred
37. Socrates and his House
38. The King and his Hawk
39. Doctor Goldsmith
40. The Kingdoms
41. The Barmecide Feast
42. The Endless Tale
43. The Blind Men and the Elephant
44. Maximilian and the Goose Boy
45. The Inchcape Rock
46. Whittington and his Cat
47. Casabianca
48. Antonio Canova
49. Picciola
50. Mignon
