First edition published in Great Britain 1981

Second edition 1990

Third edition published in Great Britain 1998 by Arnold,

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© 1998 Alan Cowling and Chloe Mailer, with the exception of Chapter 13 © Wendy Banfield

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ISBN: 0 340 69253 7

Publisher: Nicki Dennis

Production Editor: Liz Gooster

Production Controller: Rose James

Cover designer: Terry Griffiths

Printed and bound by JW Arrowsmith, Bristol