Playing the Game. Barbara Taylor Bradford

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      BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

      Playing the Game

      

Copyright

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2010 I

      Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 2010

      Barbara Taylor Bradford asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      HB ISBN: 9780007304103

       TPB ISBN: 9780007304110

      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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       Dedication

      For Bob,

       with my love

      Contents

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

PROLOGUE: London, March 2007

PART ONE: A Remarkable Woman

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THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

       PART TWO: The Hotshot Journalist

       ELEVEN

       TWELVE

       THIRTEEN

       FOURTEEN

       FIFTEEN

       PART THREE: A Dangerous Encounter

       SIXTEEN

       SEVENTEEN

       EIGHTEEN

       NINETEEN

       TWENTY

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       TWENTY-TWO

       TWENTY-THREE

       TWENTY-FOUR

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       TWENTY-SIX

       TWENTY-SEVEN

       TWENTY-EIGHT

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       THIRTY

       THIRTY-ONE

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       THIRTY-THREE

       THIRTY-FOUR

       THIRTY-FIVE

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