Captives of TimeOrphaned by the brutal murder of their parents by wandering soldiers, Anne and here gentle but mute brother suffer great hardships as they travel across a dangerous, pestilence-ridden Europe to their uncle, an armorer and clockmaker, and, after his death, to a distant city to deliver the commissioned plans of his precious clock. |
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