Long ago, as hard times beset her land, Gwyn, an inkeeper's daughter, traveling with a Lord and his son on a map-making expedition, stumbles onto the secret of the Jackaroo, an outlaw hero who befriends the poor and defies the law of the Lords.
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is extraordinary in her subtle development of every single character and in her ability to immerse her readers in a time many centuries back."
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There is much want in the kingdom and the tales of Jackaroo, the masked outlaw who helps the poor in times of trouble, is on everyone's lips. Gwyn, the innkeeper's spunky daughter, pays little attention to the tales. But when she is stranded during a snowstorm in a cabin with the lordling Gaderian, and finds a strange garment that resembles the costume Jackaroo is said to wear, she begins to wonder....
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Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 284 pages, in fine condition. Blue cloth boards and gilt titles on spine, wrapper as new, no inscriptions. Art drawn wrapper by Robin Lawrie. Fine. *Set in a far-off land with a map of the place, lords, nobles and outlaws and a young girl Gwyn and her father the innkeeper. Who is Jackaroo and what is his mystery?. Seller Inventory # 4301
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