Lavinia

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929—

Lavinia/Ursula K. Le Guin.—1st ed.

p. cm.

1. Aeneas (Legendary character)—Marriage—Fiction. 2. Rome (Italy)—History—To 476—Fiction. 3. Legends—Rome—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3562.E42L38 2008

813’.54—dc22 2007026508

ISBN 978-0-15-101424-8

Text set in Centaur MT

Map illustration by Jeffery C. Mathison

Designed by Linda Lockowitz

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