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The Architecture of Desire

(1991)
(The second book in the Rat Lords series)
A novel by Mary Gentle

Awards
1992 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee)
1991 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee)

A novel of comedy and tragedy, set in Puritan London, by the author of "Rats and Gargoyles". Mercenaries in lace and steel roam the countryside and the heads of criminals are impaled on London Bridge. The characters' relationships are played out in the shadow of the hangman's rope.

Genre: Fantasy

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