ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My warmest thanks to Alexandra Pringle, Marian McCarthy, Georgia Garrett and Linda Shaughnessy for their support and editorial advice throughout the writing of this novel. My heartfelt thanks also to Michael Patchett-Joyce, Jeremy and Rachael Cobbold, Harriet Cobbold Hielte and Fabian Hielte for their generous and insightful input and constant support and encouragement. Also again to Michael for all the help with matters of law, and to Harriet also for her brilliant help in getting the final draft in shape.