Favourite Book Dedications & Sizzling Starts

[Mervi]

The one in Susan Cooper's "The Grey King" although I guess you'd call it more a "note to readers" than dedication. After visiting those places I can confirm they are almost exactly like described in the book, even the swans and the fish in the lake are straight from the pages. But it's how the note ends that sends chills down my spine even after all these years.

Although all the characters in this book are fictitious, the places are real. I have however taken certain liberties with the geography of the Dysynni Valley and Tal y Llyn, and there are no real farms where I have made Clwyd, Prichard's and Ty-Bont stand.

The Brenin Llwyd I did not invent.