Bob Cupp, The Edict
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The Edict Bob Cupp Knopf, May 2007, $2
The Edict
Bob Cupp
Knopf, May 2007, $24.95
ISBN 0307266451
In the fifteenth century, golf has become the national pastime of Scotland with only raiding matching it with intensity. So popular is the sport, raiding is halted during the annual tournament at St. Andrews while betting on the players is hot.
The favorite to win the St. Andrews tourney in 1457 is shepherd Caeril Patersone. However, a noble panics when he realizes he made a stupid bet. To insure that Caeril fails to win the event, he writes off a debt in exchange for beautiful Eta to distract the favorite. If that fails, he still has his ace in the hole of appealing to King James II to ban the sport and consequently the tournament because he has proof too many soldiers hit the links instead of the archery range.
THE EDICT is a delightful, sports, historical thriller based on a real event that occurred in Scotland when the King outlawed golf on March 4, 1457. Readers will root for Caeril, who, in spite of being the best golfer in the tournament, is a decided underdog because the fix is in. Historical readers and golf afficionados will believe that Bob Cupp is a masterful author as he makes birdies and eagles with this ace of a fifteenth-century sports saga.
Harriet Klausner
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