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The Last Kestrel

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by Jill McGivering


  And finally my love and thanks to my great friend, Dawn, and to my family: Sheila, for my first desk, first typewriter and much more; Ann, for wit and editorial wisdom; Nick for being a wonderful husband and my mother and late father, for a lifetime of love and great character stuff.

  About the Author

  The Last Kestrel

  Jill McGivering has worked in journalism for 25 years. She is currently a senior foreign news correspondent with the BBC having previously held the position of South Asia Correspondent (based in Dehli). Now based in London, she travels extensively for the BBC including assignments to Afghanistan and China. She has already written non-fiction, short fiction and plays. The Last Kestrel is her first novel.

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  Extract of ‘Report on Experience’ by Edmund Blunden from Undertones of War (© Edmund Blunden, 1928) is reproduced by permission of PFD (www.pfd.co.uk) on behalf of The Estate of Edmund Blunden

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