The Antique Dealer's Daughter
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That being said, though, every loss of control is underpinned by Emily’s effort to assert her right to make her own choices. It is her choice, after all, to believe Richard is who he says he is when the gossip-mongers get to work. And it is her choice, too, to help him and to learn to let him help her in his turn.
I have loved discovering how Emily will find her own path through life. I know she’s determined enough for the task, even if she doesn’t fully believe it at first. I’m so glad you’ve joined her.
Acknowledgements
There are many people who have been wonderfully helpful to me in the course of writing this book. My particular thanks go to Jeremy, my husband, who, as ever, has been an unwavering source of encouragement and support.
Thank you also to my editor Suzanne Clarke for her excellent advice, and to Charlotte Ledger and Eloisa Clegg at HarperImpulse for all their help.
Thank you to Brenda and Robert Brookes for answering my endless questions about Gloucester after the war. Thanks to Judith and Stuart Samuel for all their ideas, and also to Penny Wright for giving me so many location details. Finally, my grateful thanks go to Vivian for sharing her childhood experiences of life in 1940s London.
The appearance of buildings and streets in Gloucester during the post-war period was drawn from the photographic record in ‘Gloucester: A Pictorial History’ by John Juřica (Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1994) and ‘Gloucester in Old Photographs from the Walwin Collection’ compiled by Jill Voyce (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989).
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About the Author
Lorna Gray’s relationship with the glorious countryside of the Cotswolds began many years ago when she first moved to Cirencester to work as an archaeological illustrator. She has been exploring the area through her love of history, adventure and romance ever since.
This is Lorna’s third post-WWII mystery. Her two previous novels are In the Shadow of Winter (2015) and The War Widow (2018). She lives in the Cotswolds with her husband.
To find out more, visit www.mslornagray.co.uk
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