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First world edition published 2008

in Great Britain and the USA by

SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS LTD of

9–15 High Street, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1DF.

Copyright © 2008 by Alys Clare.

All rights reserved.

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Clare, Alys

The paths of the air

1. D’Acquin, Josse (Fictitious character) - Fiction

2. Helewise, Abbess (Fictitious character) - Fiction

3. England - Social life and customs - 1066-1485 - Fiction

4. Detective and mystery stories

I. Title

823.9'14[F]

ISBN-13: 978-1-78010-254-2 (epub)

ISBN-13: 978-0-7278-6636-3 (cased)

This book is dedicated to all the loyal readers who have stayed with Josse and Helewise all the way.

Feror ego veluti                           I am borne along

sine nauta navis,                          like a pilotless vessel,

ut per vias aeris                           like a soaring bird

vaga fertur avis                           on the paths of the air

Carmina Burana;

cantiones profanae                      (Author’s translation)

Except where actual historical events and characters are being described for the storyline of this novel, all situations in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to living persons is purely coincidental.

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