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Elfreda the Saxon - Or, The Orphan of Jerusalem, A Sequel to Leofwine (Hardcover)
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Elfreda the Saxon - Or, The Orphan of Jerusalem, A Sequel to Leofwine (Hardcover)
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When Jerusalem is captured by the Muslims in A.D. 1187, Elfreda, a
young Saxon orphan, is sent back to England to her mother's sister.
Her proud aunt, Lady de Valery, is not at all pleased to see her,
and her uncle, Sir Valence, fears that she may have brought the
family curse back to England. This hundred-year-old curse is said
to have been placed on an ancestor named Leofwine, and more than
one family member has tried in vain to remove it. Meeting her
cousin, Guy, for a few moments as he prepares to join King
Richard's Crusade to free Jerusalem, Elfreda tells him of her
father's battle cry, "Christ and His salvation." Something in this
cry thrills Guy's heart even though he doesn't understand the
meaning of the words. Soon after this, Lady de Valery sends Elfreda
off to live with relatives in London. There Elfreda and Guy meet
again and Guy promises Elfreda that he will win such honor as a
crusader that he will be able to remove the curse from their
family. Elfreda, too, tries to remove the curse through a life of
religious devotion. Over the years that follow, however, severe
trials befall the de Valery family, and Guy and Elfreda despair of
ever being able to lift the curse, until at last they both learn of
One who has power stronger than any curse.
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