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A FEARLESS HERO<br />
A GOOD-HEARTED HEROINE<br />
A SINISTER VILLAIN<br />
AND SKELETONS<br />
IN THE FAMILY CLOSET<br />
Spain is racked by civil war. The Conte di Luna courts<br />
Leonora, but she is in love with the gypsy troubadour<br />
Manrico, a soldier on the opposing side. The Conte’s<br />
forces capture Manrico by using his mother, Azucena,<br />
as bait. To free her lover, Leonora makes a fatal<br />
promise to marry the Conte. But Azucena is haunted by<br />
a terrible mistake from decades past.<br />
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<strong>APO</strong>.CO.NZ 21
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