title: Blood on the Harp: Irish Rebel History in Ballad
author:  Turlough Faolain 
description: "A unique and extremely interesting history of Ireland as seen through the medium of her songs both ancient and recent."--IRISH BOOK NEWS
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  Falcon’s Honour
  
  Denise Lynn
  
  Scanned and proofed by bils
  
  Version 1.0
  
  Prologue
  
  Spring, 1142
  
  Northern England
  
  Sir Edgar, the captain of Faucon’s guard, watched thin wisps of smoke from the
  crackling campfire curl upward to disappear into the darkness of the night.
  
  The howl of a lone wolf, the soft snorts of nervous horses and the familiar
  scrape of sharpening stones plied against sword edges interrupted the silence
  of the surrounding forest.
  
  Edgar and the other men circled around the fire for safety, warmth and
  companionship paid little heed to the night’s sounds. Their full attention
  remained riveted to the raised voices coming from their lord’s hastily erected
  tent.
  
  While each of them had been scorched by the heat of Faucon’s tongue at one
  time or another, they had never heard him raise his voice to a female. Bets
  were placed between the men. Would their lord hold his temper on this
  occasion, or would his uncooperative charge push him too far? Edgar’s gold wa