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The book The Vale of Cedars is a story about the late 15th century written in the early 19th. As such there are many concepts and themes that will likely be new. This page is a collection of resources you can use to continue learning about these topics.

The Vale of Cedars Full text

Grace Aguilar: A Timeline and Biography, by David Brummer

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