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Dr Viv Lloyd Rees is in danger of losing her job. A Celtic historian at Edinburgh University, she has a book about to be published about the forgotten queen of the north: Cartimandua, High Queen of the Brigantes. Professor Graham's problem with the book is the degree of detail which cannot be supported by the historical evidence. Her filling in the gaps with imaginative deduction - he feels - undermines not only her own scholarship, but also the reputation of the whole department. He is furious - to a degree which Viv cannot fathom. She will admit (if only to herself) that she is not sure where some of the more intuitive deductions originated, but will not admit - even to herself - that there is anything particularly odd or unworthy about them.

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