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SCOTT MARIANI
The Martyr’s Curse
Published by Avon
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
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London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2015
Copyright © Scott Mariani 2015
Cover design by Henry Steadman © HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
Cover photographs © FooTToo / Shutterstock.com (cellar steps); Henry Steadman (figure)
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A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
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: 9780007486182
Ebook Edition © JUNE 2015 ISBN: 9780007486373
Version: 2019-12-10
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