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" ALSO BY SHARON KAY PENMAN
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When Christ and His Saints Slept The Queen's Man
CRUEL
AS THE
GRAVE
CRUEL
AS THE
GRAVE
A Medieval Mystery
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SHARON KAY
PENMAN
Ballantine Books
NEW YORK
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A Ballanhne Book Published by The Ballantme Publishing Group
Copyright © 1998 by Sharon Kay Penman
Ballantme Reader s Guide copyright © 1999 by Sharon Kay Penman and The
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 99-90618
ISBN 0-345-43422-6
This edition published by arrangement with Henry Holt and Company, Inc
Manufactured m the United States of America
Cover design and by Barbara Leff
Cover art Two scenes from the life of Richard I, taken from Effigies
regium Anglme, c 14th century British Library, London,
UK/Bndgeman Art Library, London/New York
Book design by Lucy Albanese
First Ballantme Edition October 1999
10 9876543
TO MOLLY FRIEDRICH
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Jealousy is cruel as the grave.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7
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