CHRIS WILKINS
HANDAR
Battleaxe Books
First published 2009 by Battleaxe Books
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6333 Hünenberg See
Switzerland
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ISBN 978-3-033-01895-2
Copyright © Chris Wilkins 2009
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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Set in 10 Palatino Linotype.
Cover illustration by Helen Wilkins
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For Sibylle,
without whose support this would not be possible.
And for putting up with me.