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Benjamin Thornton
 
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Benjamin Thornton
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Joined  04-09-2009
 
 
 
30 May 2011 12:52
 

I picked up this novel, "High Towers" by Thomas B. Costain, because the cover caught my eye.  It didn’t hurt that it only cost (inexplicably) 26 cents.

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=21175d1a78&view=att&th=13041bdc5a1779d7&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw

 

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=21175d1a78&view=att&th=13041be2acbabf3f&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw

 

The arms are those of the barons of Longueuil (the first, Charles de Moyne, figures in the story), and today these arms are used by Longueuil, Quebec:

 

http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/ProjectPics/iv372_20020027_arms_longueu.jpg

 

The CHA register notes that this use is with the permission of the current baron, a descendant through the female line.

 

Best 26 cents I ever spent.

 
Jeffrey Boyd Garrison
 
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Jeffrey Boyd Garrison
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31 May 2011 00:50
 

Congratulations Mr. Thornton!