Although, God willing, the journey upon which Rafael was to embark that very evening should be of but a few weeks duration, it would be fraught with peril. For in those parts where some powerful lord’s writ did not run; particularly in the fastnesses of the high sierras, bandoleros and slavers roamed at will. And war had flickered and flared like a grass fire between Rafael’s people: the Christians of the north, and the Moors of al Andalus since time out of mind. Spanish and Frankish Christian,... Sign in to see full entry.