โ Scribed by James Branch Cabell
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This 1907 novel is set during the reign of George II of England. Against a backdrop of intrigue and betrayal, England and France fence for advantage through such intermediaries of flesh and blood as Lady Allonby and her daughter, Dorothy, the Duke of Ormskirk, and the nefarious French nobleman, the duc de Puysange.
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