Kingdom of Shadows. Barbara Erskine

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      BARBARA ERSKINE

      Kingdom of Shadows

COPYRIGHT

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      This edition first published by HarperCollins 2004

      First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph Ltd 1988

       Published by Sphere Books Ltd 1989

       Published by Warner Books 1992

      This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or organizations or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      The quotation from ‘I Have a Dream’ composed by Bjorn Uluaeus and Benny Anderson, is copyright © Bow Music Ltd, 1979, 1 Wyndham Yard, London, W1H 1AR, reproduced by kind permission. It is specifically excluded from any blanket photocopying arrangements.

      Copyright © Barbara Erskine 1988

      Barbara Erskine asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN 9780007288663

       Ebook edition © JANUARY 2009 ISBN 9780007290673

       Version 2017-09-12

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DEDICATION

      For

       Adrian James Earl

       and

       Jonathan Erskine Alexander

       also descendants of the Bruce

      CONTENTS

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Map

The Dream

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

       Chapter Twenty-Eight

       Chapter Twenty-Nine

       Chapter Thirty

       Chapter Thirty-One

       Chapter Thirty-Two

       Chapter Thirty-Three