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A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear.

The Net of Jewels is a historical fiction novel set in fifteenth century Scotland. Isabelle, the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Albany, is taken in by the nuns of Melrose Abbey and raised as their own. When she is sixteen, Isabelle is sent to marry the Laird of Forres, but instead she flees to the convent of Fountains Abbey. There she meets the novice, Margery, who tells her about the Net of Jewels, a treasure said to be hidden in the abbey. Isabelle sets out to find the Net of Jewels, and along the way uncovers secrets about her family and the abbey.; 8vo; 360 pages.

Price: $40.00