Dartmouth Park by Rupert Thomson

Author:Rupert Thomson [Thomson, Rupert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2023-10-17T00:00:00+00:00

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He came round a long bend, and there was the town below, white buildings cradling the harbor

After he had bought everything he needed, he sat in a café on the waterfront and opened the guidebook he had brought with him

He read about Frangokastello, a village a few miles east of where he was staying

In the fourteenth century, the Venetians had chosen the site for a castle intended to protect them from attacks by pirates and other hostile forces

Its construction hadn’t gone according to plan

Under cover of darkness, local people would descend from the mountains and destroy whatever the Venetians had accomplished during the day

The saboteurs were led by the Patsos brothers, who were eventually caught and hanged, four of them from the castle’s turrets, two from the main gate

The castle was completed, and it was still there, almost seven hundred years later

Leaning back in his chair, Philip was reminded of something that Inés had said in the alley behind the flamenco bar

It’s a lot to go up against

Should he see the story of the Patsos brothers as another cautionary tale?

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