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The One Thing More By Anne Perry From Back Cover Tonight they were returning their verdict, each emerging from the shadows to climb the rostrum for his moment in history. Celie watched the man who stood on the rostrum now, the candlelight shining on his face as he stared out at the packed room, exhausted after hours of argument. He said only the one word, “Death’. IT IS JANUARY 1793, and the new leaders of revolutionar . France have just sentenced Louis XVI to death. The public believes justice will be done, but, in Paris, a small group of people fears for the future. Celie’s life has changed beyond recognition since the Revolution began. Reduced to working as laundress for the secretive Monsieur Bernave, she is inspired by his conviction that rescuing the king from the scaffold is the only way to say their beloved country. But just four days before the execution Bernave is murdered. Now Celie and the fugitive she is protecting must risk everything to piece together his plan under the watchful eyes of the revolutionary guard, and in the shadow of Madame Guillotine. Acclaim for Anne Perry’s novels: ‘lA] surpassingly excellent historical and psychologically intricate mystery’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY “The novel has a totally contemporary feel and is admirably well-written’ GUARDIAN “Sophisticated characterisation and psychological suspense… the result is first rate’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW www.anneperry.net www.madaboutbooks.com Cover illustration: Storming of the Bastille, 1789 by French School (18th century) Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France/Bridgeman Art Library HEADLINE Fiction/ Crime UK 5.99 ISBN 0-7472-6317-5 9 78074?“263173 Also by Anne Perry and available from Headline Tathea The Inspector Pitt series Bedford Square Half Moon Street The William Monk series The Face of a Stranger A Dangerous Mourning Defend and Betray A Sudden Fearful Death The Sins of the Wolf Cain His Brother Weighed in the Balance The Silent Cry Whited Sepulchres The Twisted Root The One Thing More Anne Perry
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