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Journeys from fiction drawn on the real world

H. Rider Haggard · 1907 · sea

In the days of Ferdinand and Isabella, the English maid Margaret Castell is carried off to Spain by the treacherous grandee Morella, and her betrothed Peter Brome follows across the sea into a land of Inquisition and the last war against Moorish Granada.

  1. 1
    London

    Where Margaret is seized and borne away, and Peter Brome sets out in pursuit.

  2. 2
    Cadiz

    The Andalusian port where the trail comes ashore in the kingdom of Spain.

  3. 3
    Seville

    Morella's city, seat of his power and of the dreaded Holy Office.

  4. 4
    Granada

    The last Moorish stronghold, falling to the Christian kings as the lovers' fate is decided.

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Fair Margaret Map: H. Rider Haggard's Journey