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Picture Bradamante spending long months in charge of a garrison, the only place she could do her duty and defend her country, without the danger of having to fight her beloved Ruggiero. For the first time she had no appetite for battle. Day after day waiting for news – she heard about a little skirmish in Paris, the hippogriff flying off to the moon, the old necromancer losing his fight with death – but all she wanted was news of Ruggiero.

Then the rumours came - from friends, from enemies, from passers-by – on the breath of the wind, even seeping out of the ground itself: rumours of Ruggiero’s name with other women. It wasn’t just Alcina: and after all, who could resist enchantment like hers? He escaped from Alcina only to fall in with Angelica, the most beautiful woman in the world: well, all the other knights were in love with her: how could Ruggiero resist?

But then, she heard his name linked with the Saracen warrior Marfisa: Bradamante’s equal and opposite. Marfisa, so wild she wouldn’t let a roof cover her head. Marfisa who cared only for glory: who wore on a string at her belt the foreskins of eight lecherous kings.

An escaped prisoner of war filled her in with every unwanted detail. Yes, they were always in each other’s company. Ruggiero was wounded in battle – had been near death’s door - Marfisa visited his sickbed every day. The whole camp was expecting their marriage – just as soon as Ruggiero was recovered from his injuries.

This was too much! Biting her knuckles to silence her cries, Bradamante snatched up a sword and pointed it at her own breast, if only to still her whirling thoughts.

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from Lovers and Fighters, released April 29, 2020

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"Packed with emotion, surprise and wit." - The Daily Album
“Someone… who’d probably get laughed off the X-Factor for not being exactly the same as everyone else.” – Nightshift Magazine
"A collection of intriguing folk songs, packed with expressive lyrics, strange rhythms and creative instrumentation." - Ocelot Magazine ... more

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