Servants ran to wake the young king, Tamar, already awake a… - Lloyd Alexander

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Servants ran to wake the young king, Tamar, already awake and watching from his balcony. Curious, naturally. Not altogether pleased. No more than anyone would be, jolted out of a sound sleep by unexpected elephants.

Lloyd Alexander

The Iron Ring · May 24, 1999 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was a widely-influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain.

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