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Word: talavera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...story tells of a day in the life of Major Cornelius Melody (Ret.), the son of an Irish inn-keeper who once fought bravely under Wellington at the Battle of Talavera. When Melody emigrated, he brought with him the myth that he had formerly been a land-holding aristocrat, now reduced by circumstance to keeping a tavern in America...

Author: By Michaei Lerner, | Title: A Touch of the Post | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

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