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First published 2011 by Glenn Field Publishing

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

Copyright © Mark Anson 2011

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Cover photography copyright © Lunar Hill Ltd.

The right of Mark Anson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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