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Someone has been sending Yukinari writings which speak of The Day of Fire, and an Incorruptible Lord - a Lord Yukinari believes may now be in the Palace itself.

By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi.

Yukinari has been beaten and left for dead in a blacksmith's bothy. Someone has been sending him writings which speak of The Day of Fire, and an Incorruptible Lord - a Lord Yukinari believes may now be in the Palace itself.

Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell
Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley
Tadanobu ...... Liam Brennan
Masamitsu ...... Ralph Riach.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Jun 2009 19:45

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  • Tue 9 Jun 2009 19:45

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