YMMV / The Sword of Saint Ferdinand

• Genius Bonus: At the end of this novel set in the thirteenth century, Fortún Paja cheekily tells García de Vargas: "Figure it out, Vargas! Figure it out!", a Spanish saying from the sixteenth century referred to Francisco Vargas, secretary of King Ferdinand the Catholic, who was constantly forced to unravel convoluted reports. Notice that García also serves another king named Ferdinand, and the novel is set two hundred fifty years before the reign of the Catholic King.

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