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the mirror makers

The Mirror Makers

Published by Hutchinson, 2003, Arrow paperback 2004.  Also published in Italy (Corbaccio) and Germany (Luebbe)

‘Elegant writing, excellent research . . ripe with the intrigue, passion and danger of the best historical novels.’
Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times

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masque of the gonzagas

Masque of the Gonzagas

Published by Arcadia Books, 1999 and reissued in mass paperback 2007. Also published in Italy (Corbaccio; ppk TEA); France (Albin Michel); Holland (Boekerij); Spain (Martinez Roca) 

‘Grips the reader from first to last – an atmospheric and compelling novel of power and passion’
Patricia Duncker

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a fatal season

A Fatal Season

Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (1996)

‘...a beautifully written and remarkably accurate evocation of a life in the theatre . . .’
Ronald Harwood

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