Gill Alderman - The Memory Palace

GILL ALDERMAN

The Memory Palace

‘Each page a promise that all shall be well’

COPYRIGHT Copyright Dedication Author’s Note Part One: Journey South Part Two: Excursions in Purgatory Part Three: Paradise Found Part Four: Paradise Lost Keep Reading Acknowledgements About the Author Other Books By About the Publisher

Harper Voyager

An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 1996

Copyright © Gill Alderman 1996

Gill Alderman asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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Source ISBN: 9780006497738

Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2016 ISBN: 9780008226947

Version: 2016-12-22

DEDICATION Dedication Author’s Note Part One: Journey South Part Two: Excursions in Purgatory Part Three: Paradise Found Part Four: Paradise Lost Keep Reading Acknowledgements About the Author Other Books By About the Publisher

For HbJ

AUTHOR’S NOTE Author’s Note Part One: Journey South Part Two: Excursions in Purgatory Part Three: Paradise Found Part Four: Paradise Lost Keep Reading Acknowledgements About the Author Other Books By About the Publisher

The history and geography in this novel are (mainly) fiction.

The quotations which head the four sections of the book are from The Haunter by Thomas Hardy; A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman; Proverbs of Hell by William Blake and The Crusader Returns From Captivity by G. K. Chesterton. The quotation on the title page is from Message Home by Seán Dunne and the verse on page 347 after For A Gentlewoman, by Humfrey Giffard (fl. 1580).

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Title Page GILL ALDERMAN The Memory Palace ‘Each page a promise that all shall be well’

Copyright COPYRIGHT Copyright Dedication Author’s Note Part One: Journey South Part Two: Excursions in Purgatory Part Three: Paradise Found Part Four: Paradise Lost Keep Reading Acknowledgements About the Author Other Books By About the Publisher Harper Voyager An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 1996 Copyright © Gill Alderman 1996 Gill Alderman asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication Source ISBN: 9780006497738 Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2016 ISBN: 9780008226947 Version: 2016-12-22

Dedication DEDICATION Dedication Author’s Note Part One: Journey South Part Two: Excursions in Purgatory Part Three: Paradise Found Part Four: Paradise Lost Keep Reading Acknowledgements About the Author Other Books By About the Publisher For HbJ

Author’s Note AUTHOR’S NOTE Author’s Note Part One: Journey South Part Two: Excursions in Purgatory Part Three: Paradise Found Part Four: Paradise Lost Keep Reading Acknowledgements About the Author Other Books By About the Publisher The history and geography in this novel are (mainly) fiction. The quotations which head the four sections of the book are from The Haunter by Thomas Hardy; A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman; Proverbs of Hell by William Blake and The Crusader Returns From Captivity by G. K. Chesterton. The quotation on the title page is from Message Home by Seán Dunne and the verse on page 347 after For A Gentlewoman, by Humfrey Giffard (fl. 1580).

Part One: Journey South PART ONE JOURNEY SOUTH How shall I let him know That whither his fancy sets him wandering I, too, alertly go? THOMAS HARDY

Part Two: Excursions in Purgatory Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

Part Three: Paradise Found Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

Part Four: Paradise Lost Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

Keep Reading Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.