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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2001

      This edition published by Harper 2017

      Copyright © Philippa Gregory Ltd 2001

      Cover design and illustration: Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017

      Cover images © Hever Castle Ltd, Kent, UK / Bridgeman Images (portrait of Anne Boleyn (1507–36), Second wife of Henry VIII of England, 1534, English School); Shutterstock.com (frame).

      Prelim pages, fragment of the letter written by Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII from the Tower of London in 1536, reproduced by permission of the British Library (OTHO.C.X.228)

      End of text, reconstruction of a letter written by Mary Boleyn to the Secretary of State Thomas Cromwell in 1534. Lettering © Stephen Raw

      Philippa Gregory asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780006514008

      Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780007370146

      Version: 2018-06-21

       Dedication

       For Anthony