The Devil's Looking-Glass

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About the Author

Mark Chadbourn was raised in the mining communities of South Derbyshire, and studied at Leeds University before becoming a journalist. Now a screenwriter for BBC television drama, he has also run an independent record company, managed rock bands, worked on a production line and as an engineer’s ‘mate’. He is a two-time winner of the British Fantasy Award and author of the acclaimed The Dark Age, The Age of Misrule and Kingdom of the Serpent trilogies. The Swords of Albion adventures – of which The Devil’s Looking Glass is the third – were in part inspired by the famous ‘Corpus Christi portrait’. Dated 1585, this painting of a young man bears the motto Quod me nutrit me destruit – ‘That which nourishes me, destroys me’ – and is believed by many to be the only surviving depiction of the playwright and alleged spy Christopher Marlowe.

Mark Chadbourn lives in a forest in the Midlands. To find out more about him and his writing, visit www.jackofravens.com

Also by Mark Chadbourn

THE DARK AGE:

THE DEVIL IN GREEN

THE QUEEN OF SINISTER

THE HOUNDS OF AVALON

THE AGE OF MISRULE:

WORLD’S END

DARKEST HOUR

ALWAYS FOREVER

KINGDOM OF THE SERPENT:

JACK OF RAVENS

THE BURNING MAN

DESTROYER OF WORLDS

LORD OF SILENCE

THE SWORDS OF ALBION:

THE SWORD OF ALBION

THE SCAR-CROW MEN

For more information on Mark Chadbourn and his books, see his website at www.jackofravens.com

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First published in Great Britain

in 2012 by Bantam Press

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Copyright © Mark Chadbourn 2012