LAUREL’S QUEST
By Nancy M Bell
ISBN: 978-1-77145-243-4
Copyright 2014 by Nancy M Bell
Cover Art Copyright 2014 by Michelle Lee
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Dedication
For Hamish Miller, whose inspirational work, The Sun and The Serpent, helped me show Laurel the way. Last, but certainly not least, my husband, Doug.
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The May Day song sung at Padstow is an old traditional folk song. The story of St. Tues and Uther is my retelling of a Cornish myth. All other verse and the tin mine story are the original work of the author