—Affaire de Coeur
The Huntress is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2007 by Susan Carroll
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Carroll, Susan.
The huntress : a novel / Susan Carroll.
1. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603—Fiction. 2. Great Britain—History—Elizabeth, 1558–1603—Fiction. 3. Queens—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.A7654H86 2007
813' .54—dc22 2007006930
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