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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER, LUCAPA DIAMOND FIELD, ANGOLA

1501; CONSTANTINOPLE

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER, LONDON

11 P.M., THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

AUGUST 1522, STELTZENBERG, SOUTHWEST GERMANY

SEPTEMBER 1522, PFÄLZERWALD FOREST, CENTRAL GERMANY

PRESENT DAY, 17 NOVEMBER, LONDON

17 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER

14 JANUARY 1525, NEUHOF FOREST, HESSE, CENTRAL GERMANY

PRESENT DAY, MONDAY 24 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

PRESENT DAY, TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

       THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

       6 FEBRUARY 1525, MÜHLHAUSEN, CENTRAL GERMANY

       SATURDAY 17 JANUARY, GBADOLITE AIRPORT, EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

       14 MAY 1525, FRANKENHAUSEN, CENTRAL GERMANY

       EVENING, 20 OCTOBER 1525, BAHR EL GHAZAL REGION, THE KINGDOM OF SUDAN

       30 MARCH 1941, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, GERMANY

       10 APRIL 1941, LESKOVAC, MONTENEGRO, THE BALKANS

       PRESENT DAY, 24 JANUARY, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

       15 APRIL 1941, TRIPOLI, LIBYA

       PRESENT DAY, WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

       14 JUNE 1941, IDEHAN UBARI. SAHARA

       PRESENT DAY, THURSDAY 29 JANUARY, MBOMOU PROVINCE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

       30 MAY 1945, OUTSIDE MUNICH, BAVARIA, GERMANY

       FEBRUARY 1951, BONN, WEST GERMANY

       FRIDAY 30 JANUARY, DORTMUND, CENTRAL GERMANY

       Author’s note

       By the same author

       About the Publisher

      LEGACY

      James Steel is a writer and journalist based in the UK.