The Buried Circle - Jenni Mills [215]
At HarperCollins, Clare Smith and Essie Cousins were patient and inspiring editors. Thanks also to Hazel Orme, whose sharp eye for misplaced commas and anachronisms saved me from several gaffes.
My agent, Judith Murray, made helpful suggestions and kept me going when things seemed bleak. As usual, thanks to friends for bearing with me, and especially to my brother Peter, and his wife, Lynne, for their love and support. Thanks also to my nephew Rob, for his interesting suggestion that I should call the book ‘Dead Man Lying in the Stone Circle’. Honestly, Rob, it would have pushed most of the buttons if only it fitted on the cover.
Bristol and Avebury, Autumn 2008
Also by Jenni Mills
Crow Stone
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Table of Contents
Part One- Memory Crystals
Chapter 1 - Lammas, 2005
Chapter 2 - Autumn Equinox
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Part Two - Imbolc
Chapter 5 - Candlemas
Chapter 6 - 1938
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 - 1938
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 - 1938
Chapter 11
Part Three - Equal Night
Chapter 12 - 1938
Chapter 13
Chapter 14 - 1938
Chapter 15
Chapter 16 - 1938
Chapter 17
Chapter 18 - 1938
Chapter 19
Chapter 20 - 1938
Chapter 21
Chapter 22 - 1938
Chapter 23
Chapter 24 - September 1938
Part Four - Fire Festival
Chapter 25 - 1939
Chapter 26
Chapter 27 - 1940–1941
Chapter 28
Part Five - Earth Magic
Chapter 29 - 1941
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32 - 1941
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37 - 1941
Chapter 38
Chapter