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Three hundred years before columbus, a welsh prince named madoc an invincible blond giant of a man crossed the atlantic with a fleet of wooden boats to plant a colony in the paradise he called iarghal. James alexander thom s sweeping saga of welsh colonization in prehistoric america is loaded with wonderful characters and events, some so poignant i had to stop reading now and then to reflect. Disillusioned with a homeland torn apart by familial power struggles, the welsh prince madoc, a blond giant, sets out with a fleet of ships in 1169 to start a colony across the ocean in the new land he calls iarghal. Dark rain is coauthor with thom of the books warrior woman and the shawnee.
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