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Lady L.

Lady L.

Summary

‘Why should I bother to invent things? My life has been far more exciting and wonderful than any fairy-tale’

In the heart of the English countryside, surrounded by irritatingly polite relatives and hopeless sycophants, Lady L. is celebrating her eightieth birthday. But as the guests disperse, she feels the undeniable pull of a mysterious pavilion in the lush grounds, and the terrible secret she buried there many years ago . . .

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Romain Gary

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