1610: A Sundial in a Grave

Mary Gentle

Original title: A sundial in a grave--1610

first published 2005 Perennial, 2005 672 pages

"It's about sex, and cruelty, and forgiveness."Thus begins a sweeping historical adventure about two dueling swordsmen and the plot to kill a king in the grand tradition of Dorothy Dunnett and Alexander Dumas.The year is 1610. Continental Europe is briefly at peace after years of war, but Henri IV of France is planning to invade the German principalities. In England, only five years earlier, conspirators nearly succe...

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1610: A Sundial in a Grave ebook · 2007 · HarperCollins · 9780061453281
A sundial in a grave--1610 edition · 2005 · Perennial · 672 pages · 9780380820412

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