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It is also sutcliff s first novel written in firstperson perspective. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. An action book if there ever was one, found in full draft among the prolific sutcliffs papers at the time of her death in 1992, and a fine last gift. Sword at sunset, by rosemary sutcliff the independent.
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