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First published in 1994
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
Copyright © Barbara Erskine 2016
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Cover photographs © Jill Battaglia/Arcangel Images (beach); Craig Joiner/Arcangel Images (sand dunes); Shutterstock.com (woman)
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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: 9780007280773
Ebook Edition © March 2016 ISBN: 9780007320929
Version: 2017-09-07
For A.J.
who thought of the title
‘Where’er we tread ’tis haunted, holy ground’.
Byron
‘C’était pendant l’horreur d’une profonde nuit …’
Racine
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