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A CROWNING MERCY
BERNARD CORNWELL
and
SUSANNAH KELLS
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
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First published in Great Britain 1983
Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2003
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Source ISBN: 9780007168231
Ebook Edition © February 2016 ISBN: 9780007289998
Version: 2018-10-01
For Michael, Todd and Jill
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lie on, Four angels to my bed, Four angels round my head, One to watch, and one to pray, And two to bear my soul away.
Thomas Ady
Contents
Part One: The Seal of St Matthew
