As a boy he had been known as "El Rubio," a ragamuffin pimp who made his few pesos leading sailors to his home, a waterfront bordello...
As a young man he was called Mario - handsome and experienced beyond his years in the debauchery and treachery of slave-trading Havana...
And then, suddenly, he was the Count of San Mateo - heir to a Spanish fortune - and bound for Spain to play the role of human stallion to a desperate, degenerate Queen...
The Tattooed Rood , a great new novel of a man branded with the terrible torture-mark of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. A near fine first edition copy, publisher's review slip in front. Dust jacket is price clipped, very slightly tanned at spine. Seller Inventory # 024585
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