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Cover design by James Iacobelli
Cover painting of Canaletto (1697–1768), The Church of the Salute and the Customs House from the Vicinity of Palazzo Cornaro (ca. 1730) by Artexplorer/Alamy Stock Photo
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gregory, Philippa
Title: Dark tides : a novel / Philippa Gregory.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books, 2020. | Series: The fairmile series ; vol 2
Identifiers: LCCN 2020033249 (print) | LCCN 2020033250 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501187186 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501187209 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Domestic fiction. | GSAFD: Historical fiction.
Classification: LCC PR6057.R386 D37 2020 (print) | LCC PR6057.R386 (ebook) | DDC 823/.914—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033249
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033250
ISBN 978-1-5011-8718-6
ISBN 978-1-5011-8720-9 (ebook)
Venice map endpapers: British Library image of Map of Venice by Braun and Hogenberg
London map endpapers: Map of London 1666 by Wenceslaus Hollar—KB Library of the Netherlands: 1049B11_020_krt