This utterly charming book tells of a wondering minstrel, Martin Pippin, who is asked by a lovelorn youth to try and approach the object of his affections, a farmers daughter, who is locked away and guarded by her six young milkmaids. Throughout the book Martin flirts gaily, sings songs and tells love stories in order to win the girls trust and answer the central question: why is Gillian locked in the well house? Is she love-sick for a man she cannot have - or hiding from a love she does not want? Eleanor Farjeon weaves a beautiful tapestry in this marvellously evocative book, celebrating the...
This utterly charming book tells of a wondering minstrel, Martin Pippin, who is asked by a lovelorn youth to try and approach the object of his affect...
When an Italian historian researching in the Vatican Archives discovers ancient papers hidden centuries ago by the Knights Templars, he has no idea it will lead to a globe-trotting adventure running from Interpol and the NSA, escaping from an infamous blackmarket racketeer with his own militia and being held at gunpoint in the rainforests seeking holy relics hidden by the Nazis.
When an Italian historian researching in the Vatican Archives discovers ancient papers hidden centuries ago by the Knights Templars, he has no idea it...
