NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”

 

 

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

Copyright © 2002 by Julia Spencer-Fleming.

Excerpt from A Fountain Filled with Blood © 2003 by Julia Spencer-Fleming.

Cover photograph © Ed Dimsdale/Photonica.

Hymn on page xi, “In the Bleak Midwinter,” from The Hymnal 1982, published by The Publishing Co.

Hymn on page 79, “The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns,” from The Hymnal 1982, published by The Publishing Co.

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001051303

ISBN: 0-312-98676-9

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