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First published in Great Britain by Equation 1989
Foreword © Ian Burns 2017
Introduction © Hugh Lamb 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780008249076
Ebook Edition © October 2017 ISBN: 9780008249083
Version: 2017–09–07
To my good friends,
Steve Jones and Randy Broecker,
and happy times at the Shakespeare.
Table of Contents
These words are the culmination (so far, at least!) of a series of events which, together, tell a story that would have appealed hugely to Bernard Capes. It is a story of coincidences and