The Baron of Larcondale (edit title/settings)

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• Tristan: 30 years old, tall, dark hair, golden brown eyes, loves books and learning, bullied and forced to cover for his ignorant brother, who is about to take over the throne of the kingdom of Parangor. Tristan wants to serve God but lacks the will or strength to fight his brother's idolatry and selfishness.
• Mayra: Young girl (11-16 in the course of the story) whose parents are sold into slavery for debt and sent to work in the vineyard at Larcondale. Black hair, blue eyes, small and beuatiful, eager to learn, childish at first but maturing quickly with a devotion to God and to Tristan.
• Thomas: Minister of the community of Larcondale. Older, balding, quiet but firm in his convictions and tireless in his efforts to help the people.
• Brentin: Worldly wise but godly former tailor, innkeeper of Larcondale, small and elderly, shrewd, wise and unafraid to speak his mind.
• Gregor's wife: Beautiful, veiled foreign woman who makes Mayra a personal servant and teaches her to use cosmetics and jewelry to become enchantingly beautiful, but has strange customs and occult practices.
• Jonathan: A friend of Tristan's in Parangor, Captain of the Guard at the palace, small, athletic, blond, very opinionated and self-confident, loyal to Tristan but somewhat lacking in the ability to see reality.
• Catarain: Exotic brother of the new queen of Parangor. Tall, powerfully-built, cinnamon-skinned, wears his hair in a long black braid. Skilled at engineering and finances, extremely superstitious and afraid of his sister's power.
• Alex: Young blacksmith apprentice Tristan helps and befriends who becomes his main helper and guard on his return to Parangor.

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• ““I’ve lived here more than twenty years,” The landlord chuckled. “It’s always like that in the spring. You think it rains two months straight, but every day there’s a little peek of sunshine, or moonshine, just God letting us see His face again and letting us know He hasn’t forgotten us. I think it’s good for the grapes.” “Here you are confined to bed again,” the minister frowned. “You can’t have done all the things people are saying you did just today.”“You can clean this forge till it shines but if your heart is still black God will throw you into hell. That fire god angers the real God. Get rid of it.”“Oh, Teacher-Master,” she sobbed. “I couldn’t bear for them to knowwhat she’s doing to me. I pray every day they won’t return with the master, for she would have them punished if they tried to stop her. Don’t speak of it!” “Brentin, Thomas, what was your purpose in not telling me that I have no prospects, no hope, no way to run this vineyard, no way at all to help Mayra?””

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• Being a Christian is not good enough. You must be strong enough to fight evil and win. This takes preparation and maturity.: Describe this theme.

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1. Mary Findley (Author)

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This book contains no graphic sex but it is not suited for young readers. It deals with "Forced" marriage, the occult, sexual slavery and torture but not in graphic detail.

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• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Findley Family Video Publications: Educational, History, Science, biblical view of Culture, disestablishing the established religion of secular humanism.

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