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Weird Set-up, Great Story

Below the Salt by Thomas B. Costain

November 8, 2022 by elderberrywine 3 Comments

cbr14 lion I was so sure this had been made into a movie (starring Walter Pigeon, I was guessing) back in the 50s, but no. apparently not.  But it has such an odd plot structure I suspect Costain had his hopes. So we have elderly retired Senator Richard O’Rawn, Lion of the West, summoning young John Foraday to his vast Wyoming ranch on mysterious business.  John is a promising writer, and apparently indirectly connected with the Senator.  Turns out the Senator wants to take him […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: British history, cbr14 lion, King John (boo!), Magna Carta, Plantagents, Thomas B. Costain, Time travel (Yep)

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: British history, cbr14 lion, King John (boo!), Magna Carta, Plantagents, Thomas B. Costain, Time travel (Yep) ·
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