A Wind from the North: The Life of Henry the Navigator PDF Ernle Bradford

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The darkness gathered in the room. The princes prayed in silence, as the Queen commended herself to God. The priests, the physicians, and the ladies in waiting moved quietly about their tasks. Above the tense quiet that surrounded the deathbed, the wind began to sound; low at first, and hot off the summer plains of Portugal. Soon the noise of it disturbed even the princes at their devotions. Queen Philippa also heard the great wind that began to drum against the walls of her room.

“What is that wind?”

“It is a wind from the north.”

The Queen was silent. Then “A wind from the north,” she said, “a good wind for your voyage. How strange that I, who looked forward to the day of your depa

• Book Name: A Wind from the North: The Life of Henry the Navigator pdf
• Author Name Ernle Bradford
• Product Type pdf,epub Digital Book
• Added Year 2013