BARBARA ERSKINE
Kingdom of Shadows
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This edition first published by HarperCollins 2004
First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph Ltd 1988
Published by Sphere Books Ltd 1989
Published by Warner Books 1992
This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or organizations or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © Barbara Erskine 1988
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For
Adrian James Earl
and
Jonathan Erskine Alexander
also descendants of the Bruce
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