PETER NEWMAN
The Seven
HarperVoyager
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First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2017
Copyright © Peter Newman 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780008180171
Ebook Edition © April 2017 ISBN: 9780008239077
Version: 2017-03-10
To my parents,
for your unfailing support.
Table of Contents
One Thousand and Fifty-TwoYears Ago
One Thousand and Fifty-One Years Ago
One Thousand and Forty-Nine Years Ago
One Thousand and Forty-Six Years Ago
One Thousand and Thirty-One Years Ago
One Thousand and Twenty-Seven Years Ago
One Thousand and Twenty-Three Years Ago
One Thousand and Nine Years Ago