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Duchess in disguise
Only a short while before, Sybilla-Marie was the toast of Europe, a ravishing beauty whose golden hair, delicate skin and perfect body bewitched kings and inspired poets. Now the young Duchess was a hunted fugitive in her own castle. Her aristocratic husband's love had become poisoned by jealousy. She knew that he and the sinister adviser who was his dark inspiration had sworn to destroy not only Sybilla but also her defenseless young son whom they held as a hostage. Disguised as the lowest of servants, exposed to the scorn of other women and the casual lusts of men, Sybilla-Marie staked her honor and her life on a desperate gamble against evil.
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First published in 1971 by Doubleday & Company Inc.