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This book is a collection of legendary tales that cover the long and intricate past of Drytvaarte, mainly focusing on the age of Drytgastadl. It selects particular moments of times gone by and ties the fates of many peoples and realms together.Drytvaarte as a world was mostly very down-to-earth, but this book explores its rare and magical side through mythic fables that shaped the course of lore and the lives of many. For most inhabitants of the world magic was an unknown subject, making the stories in this book an essential explanation for legends and structures of the world."Into my dreams I shall disappear, a song forgotten I hear. I rise on my saddle, embrace the star-crowned mountains and ride to battle."
Bob McCulloch was born in Edinburgh in 1944 and educated locally. He worked for British Rail from 1960-1974 occupying various posts including fireman on steam engines. He then went to Liberia to work for an International mining company. On his return to Edinburgh in 1978 he became a taxi driver, a job he would do for over thirty five years.In 1984 he became a qualified tour guide. Due to his charity work Bob became a Freeman of the City of London in March 2006, and a Burgess and Freeman of the City of Edinburgh in 2019.He is the author of My Fare City a taxi drivers guide to Edinburgh and bi-annually produces a street directory.He now operates illustrated talks about Edinburgh and its characters and also runs a taxi drivers training school where he is able to pass on his expertise.The present book reminisces about past times and lost leisure activities in Edinburgh. Bob is married with two sons and two grandchildren.
Thomas Watson (1555-1592) was a classicist, linguist, poet, playwright, musician, scientist, traveller, cosmologist-and government agent. His associates included the Earl of Oxford, Philip and Mary Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, William Byrd, and Sir Francis Walsingham. Ian Johnson examines his works, his associates, and a life dogged by scandal.
'Just find it.'These are the words which Rufus of Tilneye cannot get out of his head. Words which become ever more significant as he sets out from Wisbech Castle on a quest he wants no part in.The year is 1216 and Rufus is travelling in the company of Milo Fulk, the seneschal for the Isle of Ely. Their orders are simple; to find an item of royal property lost in the Wash when King John's baggage train made its catastrophic crossing. But they are not alone in their search. There are others prepared to go to any lengths to get what they want. To them, betrayal, pain, even murder, are just unavoidable consequences.Eight hundred years into the future, the legend of King John's lost treasure still holds fascination for many. Museum curator Monica and members of the Wisbech Heritage Society are intent on delving into the past to find out what really happened.As Milo and Rufus' search becomes ever more desperate, taking them on a journey through the marshy wilderness of the medieval Fens, Monica and the local society in modern times strive to discover the ancient truth. It may be closer than they think.
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