# Quote — Tom Holt, Grailblazers

> Between the town of Giles, to the north of the Tomkinson Range, and Forrest in the Nullarbor Plain, lies the Great Victorian Desert. It is hot, arid, desolate and merciless; and whatever the Creator had in mind when He made it that way, it most certainly wasn't human beings.
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> It's a really awful place to be if you've got toothache.

- Author: [Tom Holt](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt.md)
- Book: [Grailblazers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt/grailblazers.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-holt/grailblazers/between-the-town

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> That's it?' Boamund said.
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> 'Basically, yes,' the hermit replied. 'I've left out Helmut von Moltke and the Peace of Nikolsburg, and maybe I skated over the Benelux customs union a bit, but I think you've got the essentials there. Anything you're not sure about, you can look up in the book.' - c. 1

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> Boamund scratches his head. Imagine a knight by Alma-Tadema who's somehow managed to fall off the picture and is wondering how to get back in without breaking the glass.

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> The knight raises both eyebrows, like someone by Burne-Jones who's just trodden on something sharp. 'I am Prince Boamund, eldest son of King -'
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> 'Boamund?'
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> 'That's right,' says the knight, 'Boamund, eldest son of -'
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> 'How do you spell that?'
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> Boamund looks worried. Where he comes from you can take advanced falconry, or you can take spelling; not both. Guess which one he opted for. - c. 1

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