Copyright

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

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      First published in Great Britain by

       William Heinemann 1996

      Copyright © Freya North 1996

      Afterword © Freya North 2012

      Freya North asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007462155

      Ebook Edition © June 2012 ISBN: 9780007462162

      Version: 2017-11-28

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