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A little masterpiece...Lee Langley has a marvellous ability to evoke places' Sunday Telegraph
A thoroughly enjoyable historical romp, well-researched, elegantly written (Moira Jeffrey Herald)
An absorbing read (Sophie Harrison Sunday Times)
The novelist's own passion for and dedication to her subject translates into an easy - and enjoyable - historical romp (Jennifer Potter Times Literary Supplement)
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