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The Book of Thorns Style:Paperback and how years of livingBy: Hester Fox Penniless and stranded in France after a bid to escape her cruel uncle goes awry, Cornelia Shaw is far from the Parisian life of leisure she imagined. Desperate and out of options, she allows herself to be recruited to Napoleons Grande Arme. As a naturalist, her mysterious ability to heal any wound with herbal mixtures invites awe amongst the soldiersand suspicion. For behind Cornelias vast knowledge of the natural world is a secret she