Stand and Deliver

Title attributed to Andre Norton

Stand and Deliver

Bibliography ~

¯ (1984) * Published by Dell/Emerald, PB, 0-440-08233-1, $3.25, 318pg ~ cover by unknown ~ “First Publication In Any Form”

Synopsis ~

Murray Lyon, son of Fitzhugh Lyon, in the year following 1807 which saw the embargo on American shipping, and eventually the War of 1812. As a young boy, Murray was taken captive by a Native American tribe, eventually being adopted into the clan. As a young man he returns to Baltimore to find his father gone, the family trading business in ruins, and himself being forced into the mold of Lord Farstarr.

From The Back Cover -

Murray Lyon: Son of an insolvent colonial merchant, captive, then honored brother of fierce Creek warriors; skilled woods runner, quick with knife. Murray Lyon: Viscount Farstarr, unwilling heir to the Earldom of Starr, thanks to the passing of an almost forgotten cousin of his father’s. Confronted with the treacherous labyrinth of speech, manners and dress that was Regency society, Murray is plunged into dark undercurrents of evil; the undying enmity of an infamous highwayman, the threat of blackmail and disgrace – and even a frame-up for murder. Only his shrewdness and frontier instincts are arrayed against the wicked deceit that threatens him – until he gains an unlikely ally.

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