The Hireling - L.P. Hartling - 1957 Penguin Books Paperback First edition His sweeping tale recounts battles

His sweeping tale recounts battles between warriors and witches on fog-shrouded mountaintops and in the ocean’s depths—along with romantic interludes

and a grand cast of outlaws and priests

For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come

who had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925

The Hireling - L.P. Hartling - 1957 Penguin Books Paperback First edition His sweeping tale recounts battlesCondition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Blurb: Emotionally paralyzed by grief at her husband's death, Lady Franklin, an eligible young widow, unburdens herself to Leadbitter a gallant, hard bitten ex soldier who has invested his savings, and himself, in the car he drives for hire as he takes her on a series of journeys. He in turn beguiles her with stories of his nonexistent wife and children thereby weaning her from her self