The Singing Sword

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First published in Viking by Penguin Books Canada Limited, 1993 Published in Penguin Books, 1994 9 10 8

Copyright © Jack Whyte, 1993 All rights reserved.

Publisher's note: The Singing Sword is based in part on actual events, but all the principal characters are fictional.

Manufactured in Canada

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Date Whyte, Jack, 1940- The singing sword

ISBN 0-14-017049-9

PS8595.H95S5 1994 C813\54 C92-095682-3 PR9199.3.W59S5 1994

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