A WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON EBOOK

First published in Great Britain in 1984 by William Heinemann.

First published in ebook in 2011 by Wiedenfeld & Nicolson

Copyright © Antonia Fraser 1984

The right of Antonia Fraser to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the copyright, designs and patents act 1988.

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ISBN: 978 1 7802 2066 6

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