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“An angry man – there is my story”

Homer, the Iliad, Book I. Translated by W.H.D.Rouse

 

Prologue

 

Right from his first awful infantile breath of life, it was not possible for Prīnceps Crafræl to mourn his loss of hearth and home. His first faded impressions and later memories were poisoned with pain, dread and betrayal. 

At eight years of age, the long, dark, private hell that was Crafræl’s childhood was irrevocably over.

The royal family broke the. . .

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    “An angry man – there is my story”

    Homer, the Iliad, Book I. Translated by W.H.D.Rouse

     

    Prologue

     

    Right from his first awful infantile breath of life, it was not possible for Prīnceps Crafræl to mourn his loss of hearth and home. His first faded impressions and later memories were poisoned with pain, dread and betrayal. 

    At eight years of age, the long, dark, private hell that was Crafræl’s childhood was irrevocably over.

    The royal family broke the. . .

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