Beyond Black: A Novel

Copyright © 2005 by Hilary Mantel

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Mantel, Hilary, [date]

Beyond black : a novel / Hilary Mantel.—1st ed.

p. cm.

“A John Macrae book.”

1. Female friendship—Fiction. 2. Divorced women—Fiction. 3. Women mediums—Fiction. 4. Spritualists—Fiction. 5. England—Fiction. I. Title. PR6063.A438B49 2005 823’.914—dc22

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