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The Bastard Prince

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1994
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Deryni (Fictitious characters) - Fiction
Fantastic fiction
Fantasy fiction
Gwynedd (Imaginery place) - Fiction
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Prologue - He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him; he hath broken his covenant. -Psalms 55:20
I - Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. -Psalms 73:6
II - Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. -I Corinthians 15:34
III - And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. -I Corinthians 16:4
IV - Miss not the discourse of the elders: for they also learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth. -Ecclesiasticus 8:9
V - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. -I John 4:18
VI - Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice. -Job 4:15-16
VII - Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift. -II Corinthians 9:15
VIII - Who causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit. -Proverbs 28:10
IX - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. -Micah 7:8
X - Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. -II John 1:8
XI - Keep thee far from the man who hath power to kill... lest he take away thy life presently. -Ecclesiasticus 9:13
XII - Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee. -Ecclesiasticus 7:20
XIII - Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all. -Ecclesiasticus 8:7
XIV - I have seen the foolish taking root. -Job 5:3
XV - And that we may be delivered from unreasonable men. -II Thessalonians 3:2
XVI - With arrows and with bows shall men come thither. -Isaiah 7:24
XVII - Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. -Psalms 144:1
XVIII - For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. -Ecclesiasticus 2:5
XIX - Who will bring me into the strong city? -Psalms 60:9
XX - Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. -Proverbs 16:13
XXI - And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. -II Thessalonians 2:11
XXII - They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. -Psalms 94:21
XXIII - Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill ... lest he take away thy life presently. -Ecclesiasticus 9:13
XXIV - Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. -II Timothy 3:4
XXV - And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent. -Hosea 6:9
XXVI - For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. -II Timothy 4:6
XXVII - I have seen the wicked in great power. -Psalms 37:35
XXVIII - A wicked messenger falleth into mischief; but a faithful ambassador is health. -Proverbs 13:17
XXIX - For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works. -Wisdom of Solomon 8:4
XXX - And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. -II Peter 2:3
XXXI - His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not. -Job 14:21
XXXII - Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. -Acts 21:33
XXXIII - I speak of the things which I have made touching the king. -Psalms 45:1
XXXIV - Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore. -Ecclesiasticus 44:14
XXXV - But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. -Galatians 5:15
XXXVI - And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. -Deuteronomy 19:20
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Copyright © 1994 by Katherine Kurtz
For
my very dear friend,
DENIS O'CONOR DON,
Prince of Connacht.
If Ireland were still a monarchy,
he would be High King.
The nagging drizzle of the night before had yielded to clearing skies at dawn, but a persistent overcast remained even at noontime on this chill day in early June of the Year of Our Lord 928, now seventh in the reign of Rhys Michael Alister Haldane, King of Gwynedd.
May contain spoilers
She smiled as her son came running back to hug her, and had a smile, too, for Cathan and the archbishop as they gave ready hands to lead her out of that place of death and into a more hopeful future.
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Last Updated: 08-Jun-2023

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 01-Aug-1985
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Aug-1985
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$5.99
Pages*:
417
Internal ID:
23261
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-39177-2
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-39177-3
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Edwin Herder  - Cover Artist
Shelly Shapiro - Map
The Princess in
the Tower


The power-hungry former Regents of the three Haldane princes were pleased.  They controlled Gwynedd once more, now that Rhys Michael was king - malleable, wine-loving, and soft.  Or so they thought...

Unbeknownst to the Regents, Rhys Michael was coming into his birthright.  With secret Deryni aid, he struggled to grasp the magic bequeathed to all anointed kings.  And when Marek - heir to Gwynedd's last degenerate deposed Deryni despots - marched into Gwynedd at the head of an army, even the Regents had to admit that Rhys Michael must take to the field himself as king to repel the pretender.

Rhys Michael saw his chance at last.  He swore that the power of the throne - from now on and for all time to come - was to be held by Gwynedd's rightful king.  For this, for his sons, and for his country, the king would risk all...


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Notes and Comments:
First Hardcover Edition: June 1994
First Mass Market Edition: August 1995
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $6.99

Includes:
Appendix I: Index of Characters
Appendix II: Index of Places
Appendix III: Partial Lineage of the Haldane Kings
Appendix IV: The Festillic Kings of Gwynedd and Their Descendants
Appendix V: Partial Lineage of the MacRories
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01-Aug-1985
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

 Katherine Kurtz
Birth: 18 Oct 1944 Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Notes:
From About the Author in Bishop's Heir:

Katherine Kurtz was awarded a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Miami and attended medical school for a year before deciding she would rather write about medicine than practice it.  She earned an M.A. in medieval English history from UCLA while writing her first two novels, and worked as an instructional designer for the Los Angeles Police Academy for the next ten years.  She is also a professionally trained hypnotist, an avid horsewoman, and an avowed cat person.  She has a husband who wears kilts, a ten-year-old son named Cameron, a vintage Bentley motorcar once owned by HRH the Duke of Kent, and hopes soon to live in a castle in Ireland.  Besides the Deryni Trilogy, the Camber Trilogy, and several short stories set in the Deryni universe, she has recently published a World War II thriller, Lammas Night, dealing with magic worked to keep Hitler from invading England in the summer of 1940.  She is currently at work on the second and third books of the Histories of King Kelson, with at least two more trilogies planned.

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