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...Conspiracy, by SJ Parris, HarperCollins, RRP£14.99 Parris’s 16th-century thrillers feature heretic and spy Giordano Bruno in vivid, sprawling canvases....
...” … At the edge of the old town in Tunis, the sprawling square is dominated by Dar el-Bey, the 18th-century seat of Ottoman rulers, now the office of the prime minister....
...A trinity of spirits are invoked: Yawra Bey, Lady Racosha and Red Djinn, each one governing a different section of Sudanese society....
...And all he had needed to do to beat his rival from neighbouring El-Qusiya was to build a bigger and better house....
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