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    The Last Bard
    The Last Bard
    The Last Bard
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    The Last Bard

    By Tom Davies

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    A tale of magic and history set in Beddgelert and on Snowdon in north Wales.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTom Davies
    Release dateSep 13, 2010
    ISBN9781452391977
    The Last Bard
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    Tom Davies

    Tom was born in the south-east of England (even he hesitates to use the phrase 'grew up'), and has been writing bizarre stories since he was able to hold a pen. He's lived in East Sussex, Kent, Somerset and France, and spent time in a variety of other parts of the UK for reasons too ridiculous to get into here (some involving women, but most involving work). He's a writer in his spare time, of which he has lots in the winter and virtually none in the summer. Given a chance he'll talk your leg off about whatever is pinging around in his overactive brain. He thought it unlikely that anyone would make him a fan page on facebook, but it turns out that he has awesome friends (and fans)! He also feels a bit weird for writing this in the third person, but he won't let it bother him too much.

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      The Last Bard - Tom Davies

      The Last Bard

      Tom Davies

      Published by Tom Davies at Smashwords.com

      Copyright Tom Davies 2010

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      The Last Bard

      I really don’t know if this is a ghost story or not. Perhaps it’s something more, maybe not. It’s possible that I have filled in some parts over the years, a mixture of remembrance and dreams. All I can tell you are the facts as I think they happened.

      Some nine years ago, two friends and I stayed for a night in Beddgelert, in the shadow of mount Snowdon. Nineteenth century legend has it that the village is named for Gelert, Prince Llywelyn the Great's ill-fated hunting hound, possibly the most famous animal ever to have been punished for someone (or something) else’s crime. We were there to climb the mountain, and decided we should go to the pub the night of our arrival, in case

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