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STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine uninscribed copy with dustjacket which is complete and has a single crease to inner flap. Starting with the premise of four novels based on the phases of alchemy and the four elements, Tanith Lee has created an evocative and alternate Italy. It is the story of Volpa, a strangely beautiful servant girl who glows with an inhuman iiner fire and when her master, an abusive woodseller, is mysteriously incinerated, Volpa begins to discover her power of fire. The Church leaders notice her gift and see her as a mighty weapon in their holy wars. A gripping fantasy of a mysteriously gifted Joan of Arc figure.