paladin

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In her review, AP’s Jocelyn Noveck said it works “surprisingly, sometimes delightfully well — even if you have no clue what a paladin or Red Wizard or Harper is.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023

Upon finding a woman’s purse with enough gold to so revolve his predicaments, he chooses to return the windfall, instantly turning into a paladin of honesty worthy of public admiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Lionel evolves a little too conveniently from misfit to paladin, from ally of the marginal and oppressed to their would-be savior.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2019

Helpless against the ogre in the white castle looming over their town, they hired Sir Robert, peerless paladin of republican virtue, and sent him forth against the monster.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2019

With nothing of the air of a paladin he brought into the courts a flavour of classic calm and courtesy.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas