The Emperor's Winding Sheet
by Jill Paton Walsh, Jill P Walsh · 1974
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An English boy, shipwrecked, hungry, and lost, finds his way into the court of Constantine where he is interpreted as a symbol of good luck and, as such, ordered to be kept always near the king.
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