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    The Wind and The Castle
    The Wind and The Castle
    The Wind and The Castle
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    The Wind and The Castle

    By Rupert Wolfe Murray

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    The Emperor built a massive castle in the desert.

    But it was no ordinary castle. 

    It was a Goddess. 

    The garrison folk revered her above all their other Gods.

    The Wind was also a God. He was a playboy and he loved a challenge.

    The Wind fell in love with The Castle and was determined to conquer her.

    This is the story of that strange affair.

    The tale is wrapped up in the story of Arthur -- a young man who ran away from his village because of love.

    Arthur learned to live in the forest. He became a hunter and a keen observer of everything around him. 

    He listened to the birds, the wild animals and an old hermit who told him the legend of The Wind and The Castle.

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    Author's note: The Wind and The Castle is inspired by the fairy tales of Herman Hesse.
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRupert Wolfe Murray
    Release dateJun 15, 2018
    ISBN9781386352013
    The Wind and The Castle
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    Rupert Wolfe Murray

    Rupert Wolfe Murray took much longer that other kids to read and write. He couldn't see the point. All he wanted to do was hang out by the stream and explore the forests. His father was a penniless author and they lived in a fairy tale castle in the Scottish hills. Many years later he discovered writing and worked out he could make a living by explaining things to people. He also found that people like his stories of travelling, especially about his 9 Months in Tibet which is the name of his first travel book. Now he lives in England, on a houseboat called Marge on the River Thames. He likes to inspire people to write, travel independently and overcome their fears. You can find him on Twitter (@wolfemurray) and he always likes to hear from readers. 

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      The Wind and The Castle - Rupert Wolfe Murray

      CHAPTER  ONE

      The children on the island thought the world ended at the sea.

      When they grew up they heard stories about a land beyond the sea, but nobody had been there. There was no need to leave their large, fertile island. It had everything: villages, castles, mountains, forests and wilderness.

      The villagers worked their little plots of land and sometimes fought battles for their lords against neighbouring clans. They were a practical people and had no time for speculating about what lay beyond the sea.

      There was only one man in the village who had travelled over the sea and he spoke of a desert. But nobody had heard about a desert or could imagine it. Even in their myths and legends—a rich source of other worlds, fabulous beasts and ancient stories of good and evil—there was no mention of deserts.

      The old man who had seen the desert was called Theodore. He had told his fellow villagers about it and at first they had listened with interest as they knew he was a good man. But when he told them of a great war between the wind and a castle, and swore it was true, not a legend, they started to laugh. When he insisted, they called him a madman.

      Any of the others would have shrugged off the incident but Theodore had been living alone for most of his life and wasn’t used to being laughed at. He took offence and marched off to the mountains where he lived alone for many years, meditating and foraging for his food. Gradually the villagers forgot all about him.

      CHAPTER  TWO

      Many years later a young man called Arthur ran away from the same village and went to live in the mountains. He had gone into exile because he had fallen in love with the daughter of the Earl, the man who owned the village and all the surrounding land.

      The maiden had light olive skin, long brown hair and almond shaped eyes. She was tall and thin and she moved like a blade of grass in the wind. Her name was Gwendolyn.

      Arthur caused a minor scandal by approaching Gwendolyn's horse, touching her hand and handing her a wildflower. He knew that if he approached the maiden again he might be killed by her protectors. Such an action was permitted by the laws of the island.

      Everyone knew that love between the peasantry and the aristocracy was strictly forbidden. Arthur had been beaten to the ground by Gwendolyn's personal bodyguard and told to stay away. But before the guard had got to him, Arthur had whispered urgent words to her: You are the only one for me and we shall marry.

      Although the social hierarchy was rigid, the nobility had frequent contact with the peasants. Every Sunday afternoon, whatever the weather, all the young men would gather for archery and wrestling practice and for several hours class barriers were forgotten.

      Everyone knew that a peasant lad could never marry a nobleman’s daughter, even if they had managed to steal a moment of passion in a hayrick. It

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