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Originally Posted by pstjmack

The Daughter of Time is available for free at Gutenberg Australia: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks09/0900271.txt. In any case, this would absolutely be my first pick.

Speaking only for myself, of course; that would never be a criterium. Second-hand books can be dirt-cheap these days. I buy lots of them on the internet from stores but also from individuals. The only thing is sometimes the shipping costs. But there's libraries as well.
And I cut costs on other things I don't need as bad as my books, or my travel.