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Chaikin, L. L.
Daughter of Silk / Linda Lee Chaikin.
p. cm. – (The Silk house; bk. 1) ISBN-10: 0-310-26300-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-310-26300-5
1. France — History — Francis II, 1559 – 1560 — Fiction. 2. Catherine de Medicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519 – 1589 — Fiction. 3. Courts and courtiers — Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.H2427D38 2006
813'.54 — dc22 2005031947
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