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At a lush villa on the sun-soaked island of Madeira, Martin Radford is given a second chance. His life ruined by scandal, Martin holds in his hands the leather-bound journal of another ruined man, former British cabinet minister Edwin Strafford. What's more, Martin is being offered a job--to return to England and investigate the rise and fall of Strafford, an ambitious young politician whose downfall, in 1910, is as mysterious as the strange deaths that still haunt his family.Martin is intrigued by Strafford's story, by the man's overwhelming love for a beautiful suffragette, by her…
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15 editions · 3 languages- Paperback · English · 2008Delta · 528 pages · 9780385341172
- Ebook · English · 2008Random House Publishing Group · 9780440337836
- Hardcover · English · 2004ULVERSCROFT LARGE PRINT BOOKS LTD · 9781843952398
- Audiobook · English · 2002Past Caring (1930's Trilogy)BBC Audiobooks America · 9780754007371
- Audiobook · English · 2002BBC Audiobooks · 9780754054702
- Audiobook · English · 1995HarperCollins Audio · 9780001049079
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