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Adam Williams

The Book of the Alchemist

By Adam Williams - Published 2009

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Imagine the Arabian Nights transposed to the Spanish Civil War, or rather the narrator transposed to Andalusia in 1938, for like Scheherazade the narrator ...Read Review

The Dragon’s Tail

By Adam Williams - Published 2007

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Romance Thriller

Harry Airton is recruited by British Intelligence to become a double agent, working against the Chinese government. In the early 1960s he is ...Read Review

Adam Williams

The Book of the Alchemist

The Dragon’s Tail

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