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Four nuns find themselves suddenly thrust into a hostile world they long ago abandoned for the safety of the convent. Unwittingly they become pawns in a battle between the charismatic Jaime Miro, leader of the outlawed Basque nationalists, and the ruthless
Colonel Ramon Acoea of the Spanish Army.
FOUR WOMEN -AND THE MEN THEY ARE
FORBIDDEN TO LOVE
MEGAN
the orphan, who feels an overpowering attraction to Jaime Miro
LUCIA
the fiery Sicilian beauty on the run for murder - and Rubio Arzano, the freedom fighter who risks his life to save her
TERESA
whose guilty conscience finally drives her to betray her friends
GRACIELA
who bears a terrible secret that almost destroys her and the courageous Ricardo Mellado who loves her.
The Sands of Time is an unforgettable adventure and a heartstopping romance, set against the timeless and dramatic landscape of Spain.
By the same author
THE NAKED FACE
THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT
A STRANGER IN THE MIRROR
BLOODLINE
RAGE OF ANGELS
MASTER OF THE GAME
IF TOMORROW COMES
WINDMILLS OF THE GODS
MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT
THE DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY
THE STARS SHINE DOWN
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT
THE BEST LAID PLANS
SIDNEY SHELDON
THE SANDS OF TIME
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This paperback edition 1993
579864
Previously published in paperback by Fontana 1990
Special overseas edition 1989
Reprinted four times
First published in Great Britain by Collins 1988
Copyright Sheldon Literary Trust 1988
Grateful acknowledgement is made to
Marcelle Bernstein for use of material from Nuns.
Grateful acknowledgement is made for use of 'Gacela of Desperate
Love' by Frederico Garcia Lorca, from Selected Poems ofFrederico
Garcia Lorca, copyright 1952 by New Directions Publishing
Corporation. Translated by W.S. Merwin. Reprinted by permission of New Directions