The Shortest Day by Jane Langton

The Shortest Day by Jane Langton

Author:Jane Langton [Langton, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Cozy, Mystery & Detective, General, Suspense, Thrillers, Fiction
ISBN: 9780140173772
Google: kUC9D2HIE3QC
Amazon: B0078XH4H4
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1996-10-01T18:30:00+00:00


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In come I, the royal Duke of Northumberland

With my broad sword in my hand.

Where's the man that dares to bid me stand?

I would cut him as small as flies

And send him to the cookshop to make mince-pies.

—Traditional British Mummers' Play

It was an emergency meeting in University Hall, in the office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The sun poured in through Bulfinch's handsome windows, Copley's portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Appleton looked out from the wall, and the Simon Willard clock over the mantel made a gentle sound, Tock, tick, tock.



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