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PETER RANSLEY
PLAGUE CHILD
Copyright
William Collins
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Copyright © Peter Ransley 2011
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007312351
Ebook Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007357208 Version: 2017-09-05
For Cynthia, Nicholas, Imogen, Rebecca and Lochlinn
Contents
Copyright
Prologue
Part One - At the Half-Moon
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Part Two - Highpoint
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Part Three - Edgehill
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Historical Note
Acknowledgements
BEHIND THE SCENES
CONSTRUCTION AND CREATION
AN IDEA, LIKE A GHOST
UNOPENED ON A SHELF
About the Author
About the
