The Wine of Angels (MERRILY WATKINS SERIES)
โ Scribed by Phil Rickman
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books Ltd;Corvus
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 372 KB
- Edition
- Pbk. ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0857890166
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
It looks like a paradise parish: cobbled streets, black and white timber-framed houses. But, even before she moves in, Merrily Watkins, the new vicar, witnesses an ugly death. Soon she's involved in a bitter dispute over a play about a 17th century clergyman accused of witchcraft - a story certain long-established families would rather remained obscure.
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