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Andrew Moffatt, a successful New York architect, stumbles upon a 17th‑century journal by Julian Cushing during a holiday in London. The journal leads him to the ruins of Henry VIII’s Palace of Nonsuch and to Cuddington House on the Strand, where he discovers a portrait of the Tudor beauty Chloe Cuddington. As he explores the site, Andrew encounters a mysterious lure and its guardian, a malevolent force he has faced before through hypnosis. His investigation reveals a tragic love that has endured four centuries.
First publish date: 1976
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Mary M. Luke
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