All the classic elements for a thrilling story set on Dartmoor in the seventeenth century are here. Fog, bog and ancient customs are provided in abundance. For good measure, we also have tin mining, a semi-tame wolf, supernatural omens, a love triangle and a lust for precious metals.
Eldad is a Cornish tin-miner, living with Loup, his wolf, on the southern edge of Dartmoor, On a single momentous evening, he meets the two women who will between them threaten his survival and change his destiny. One is the daughter of the corrupt 'bargmaster'; the other is a sweet young innocent with a surprising inheritance.
Sabine Baring-Gould of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Sing Lullaby", and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.
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