Аннотация
Stephen R Lawhead
Tuck
(King Raven – 3)
PROLOGUE
Wintan Cestre Saint Swithun's Day
King William stood scratching the back of his hand and watched as another bag of gold was emptied into the ironclad chest: one hundred solid gold byzants that, added to fifty pounds in silver and another fifty in letters of promise to be paid upon collection of his tribute from Normandie, brought the total to five hundred marks. "More money than God," muttered William under his breath. "What do they do with it all?"
"Sire?" asked one of the clerks of the justiciar's office, glancing up from the wax tablet on which he kept a running tally.
"Nothing," grumbled the king. Parting with money always made him itch, and this time there was no relief. In vain, he scratched the other hand. "Are we finished here?"
Having counted the money, the clerks began locking and sealing the strongbox. The king shook his head at the sight of all that gold and silver disappeari...
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