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      First published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis 1960

      Arrow edition 1988

      First published in ebook in Great Britain 2014

      Copyright © Maurice Druon 1955

      Jacket layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2014

      Cover illustration © Patrick Knowles

      Maurice Druon asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      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: 9780007492251

      US Ebook Edition © March 2015 ISBN: 9780007591879

      Version: 2015-01-07