A Nest of MagpiesMacmillan, 15. okt 1994 - 484 pages "Marshall's entertaining first novel, set in the 1960s in the secluded town of Old Swithinford, England, is a solid historical romance... The author limns a sympathetic protagonist whose self-analysis is perceptive and complex." - Publishers Weekly |
Contents
Section 1 | 27 |
Section 2 | 241 |
Section 3 | 255 |
Section 4 | 284 |
Section 5 | 296 |
Section 6 | 379 |
Section 7 | 408 |
Section 8 | 414 |
Section 9 | 423 |
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