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      Sweet Adelaide

      by Julian Symons
      Published
      Jan 1980
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
      Pages
      384
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      Basing his story on a notorious unsolved nineteenth-century murder, Julian Symons weaves a tale filled with psychological suspense, rich in Victorian atmosphere, and capped by a brilliantly imagined solution.

      All her life Adelaide craved freedom: freedom from poverty, freedom from the ignorance and shame her bastard birth condemned her to, and, most of all, freedom from the husband who repelled her. And Adelaide Bartlett knew just how to get what she wanted....

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      Genres

      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Mystery

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      First Edition Nov 1981 Penguin ISBN13 9780140057928 ISBN10 0140057927
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      Jan 1980 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060142070 ISBN10 0060142073
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      Mar 1982 Ulverscroft Large Print ISBN13 9780708907597 ISBN10 0708907598
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