The Lion’s Eye: A Story of the First History

Abandoned on the steps of a chapel and offered in service to King Roderigo, young Ilario eventually joins the royal court as the King's Freak, where he inadvertently meets a powerful advisor's wife who would hide the secret of her child's scandalous birth at any cost. By the author of A Sundial in a Grave: 1610. Original. 10,000 first printing.