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Well, no, I remember a Maddoc or Maddog or something in one, as the bad guy. I liked that book.
Their were several characters in
A Swiftly Tilting Planet with variations on this name, which was originally the name of a fabled Welsh prince(Maddoc) who came to America before the Vikings (according to the story). The name evolves into "Madog Branzillo," (or Mad Dog) who was the evil dictator of a South American country, Vespugia, in Meg and Charles Wallace's time. This is the one where Charles Wallace has to travel through time to fix the "Might-have-beens" which lead to the current state of emergency. The O'Keefe family history plays a large part in this book, and the name of Charles Wallace's unicorn-guardian (Gaudior) is declared to have the same meaning as that of the Murrys' newly (and strangely) acquired dog (Ananda). All of the plot twists and connections were what made me love the book.
And the one with Meg's daughter Poly/Polly is called
An Acceptable Time.
As for the stealing of a Black Sea legend, the tale of the Great Flood was from Jewish history. It was in the Old Testament. And Madeleine L'Engle was a Christian, so why should that not color her work? In fact, I don't doubt that many other "Christians" would reject her work because they don't like the things it says about Christianity, or the abilities Meg and Charles Wallace have.
On a final note, the Crusaders were not followers of Christ. They were evil or deceived men who used the corrupted power of the Church to seek out earthly riches.
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