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(2) YA Eloise must marry, as her father wills, a man twice her age. Hoping to cheer his wife, Robert summons the young troubadour Thomas, and in the time it takes Thomas to relate the tragedy of Tristan and Isolde, he and Eloise fall passionately in love. Spare, lyrical, true to its time yet universal in its portrayal of love, loyalty, and loss, the story is as interesting for its similarities to Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy as for its differences--a sweet, sad tale to savor and treasure.

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