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The Quincunx

Charles Palliser, 1989

A Victorian inheritance mystery built on a five-part pattern, with genealogical tables the reader consults to untangle who is related to whom. Read in order.

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Footnote maze
The reading path splits across notes, appendices, and apparatus.

Details

First published
1989
Original language
English
Medium
Print
Needs the physical object
No. Any edition works.

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