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Occasional well-placed nods to the present day and a determined avoidance of period whimsy make Tourney's tales of Elizabethan sleuthing far superior to the usual intrigue-behind-court-walls saga.
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- PublisherFawcett
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0345383192
- ISBN 13 9780345383198
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages260
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