{"id":2659,"date":"2010-07-09T09:31:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:59:41","slug":"11-in-the-strange-library-of-mrs-bridgestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2010\/07\/11-in-the-strange-library-of-mrs-bridgestone\/","title":{"rendered":"In the strange library of Mrs. Bridgestone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"ECLIPSED<\/a><\/p>\n

This excerpt is from Eclipsed by Shadow<\/strong>, Book #1 of The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy, an adventure through history\u2015on horseback.<\/p>\n

The scene is set in modern-day California, when Meagan hears the legend for the first time…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe great art of riding,\u201d the Knight began in a loud voice,
\nwaving his right hand as he spoke \u201cis to keep\u2026\u201d
\nHere the sentence ended as suddenly as it began,
\nas the Knight fell heavily on top of his head
\nexactly in the path where Alice was walking.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
– Lewis Carrol (1832-98) Through the Looking Glass<\/div>\n

________<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Four Winds swirled into a shape of beauty that moved to thunder … the Angel took form and became the first Horse. <\/em><\/div>\n
Since that time, the Angel has lived an unbroken line of lives, inspiring and teaching, even as the Angel\u2019s children have carried Mankind to mastery of the earth. Upon each death the Angel takes another form and again a Great Horse is born.<\/em><\/div>\n

Meagan listened raptly. \u201cI like that story, Mrs. Bridgestone!\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman refolded the letter and set it upon the tray. \u201cI am happy to hear that, dear.\u201d She pointed to a portrait of a magnificent horse, head bowed, carrying a haughty rider in white. \u201cThat painting shows the stallion Bucephalus<\/em>, one of the eminent Great Horses of history. When he was first presented to King Philip of Macedonia, no rider could mount him. The king\u2019s own son was a boy about your age, and he called out\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m almost thirteen,\u201d Meagan interrupted.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally, dear? Splendid.\u201d Mrs. Bridgestone smiled at Jennifer. \u201cThey grow so quickly, don\u2019t they? It seems my grandniece went from diapers to driving in the space of an afternoon. Well, to continue, when the King\u2019s son saw the wonderful stallion being led away to be banished, he cried out, \u2018What an excellent horse they have lost for lack of skill!\u2019 Naturally the king was annoyed with his son\u2019s manners. To teach a lesson the King had the horse brought back for his son to try what the others had failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe boy had noticed the young horse was shying from his riders\u2019 shadows, so he turned the stallion into the sun and mounted easily. He rode Bucephalus <\/em>for thirty years, and conquered more armies than any man before or since. Do you know that boy?\u201d<\/p>\n

Meagan shook her head.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was Alexander the Great, dear. The stallion Bucephalus <\/em>carried his master from Egypt to India, and no one else ever rode him. Not once.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nEclipsed by Shadow<\/strong><\/em> (Book #1 of the trilogy) won national awards<\/a> including the Eric Hoffer Award<\/em> for best Young Adult Fiction, and the Mom’s Choice Award<\/em> for best family-friendly Young Adult Fantasy.<\/p>\n

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Links:<\/strong><\/div>\n

\u00bb See All Excerpts<\/strong><\/a> from The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Read the 1st Chapter online<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00bb See the Media Kit<\/strong><\/a> for more information about the trilogy.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Order Books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\" Check out the trilogy’s page on Facebook!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Eclipsed<\/a><\/div>\n
\"Into<\/a><\/div>\n
\"Into<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Four Winds swirled into a shape of beauty that moved to thunder … the Angel took form and became the first Horse.” —excerpted from Eclipsed by Shadow<\/b> (Book #1 of The Legend of the Great Horse<\/em> trilogy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[161],"tags":[118,299,164,84,166],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2659"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15265,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659\/revisions\/15265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}