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It covers the three centuries of Portuguese colonial rule when sugar became the main export

A couple invite a shipwrecked sailor into their isolated lighthouse on the stormy night of their thirtieth anniversary

beginning with the early cultures of the area and moving on to the Roman and Persian Empires

The Dazzle of the Light verve his French detective Maigret hadRuby Mills is ruthlessly ambitious, strikingly beautiful and one of the Forty Thieves' most talented members. Harriet Littlemore is an aspiring journalist from a 'good' family, engaged to a rising star of the Tory party but she wants a successful career of her own. After witnessing Ruby fleeing the scene of a robbery, Harriet develops a fascination with the young thief that extends beyond journalistic interest, one which Ruby can use to her advantage.