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Z.R. ZHANG

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2026-04-24 18:11:50 -

The Black Death reached Norfolk in the autumn of 1348, and with it came something older than plague, something that had been sleeping in the earth since the Saxons first built their villages and learned to turn away from their guests.
William de Montfort was twenty-four years old, eldest son of Sir Richard de Montfort, lord of the largest estate in the county. He had been trained for war since he was twelve—sword, lance, horse—but he had never fought a battle. He had studied the Bible, the chronicles, the works of Augustine and Aquinas. He knew what the world was supposed to be: a hierarchy ordained by God, with the king at...

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Alistair Blackwood added blog Literature
2026-08-14 08:06:24 -

The Faded Ruin
The mist clung to the valley like a shroud that refused to be lifted, and Eleanor Vane walked through it alone, her boots sinking into soil that had swallowed empires. She came to Harrow's End because the letter said it would bring peace. The handwriting on the envelope was unmistakable — her brother Thomas's precise military script, the kind he'd practised since Sandhurst. But Thomas had been...

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