The People's Queen (56 page)

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Susan Watt, Katie Espiner, Clare Hey and everyone else at HarperCollins Publishers for all the work that went into this book, as well as to Tif Loehnis and her colleagues at Janklow & Nesbit Associates, my kind and patient workspace colleagues at 115 Bartholomew Road and, of course, my lovely family.

About the Author

THE PEOPLE'S QUEEN

Vanora Bennett is the author of three novels,
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, Queen of Silks,
and
Blood Royal,
and an award-winning journalist. She has worked around the world for
The Times
of London, the
Los Angeles Times
and Reuters, and contributed to the
Times Lterary Supplement,
the
Guardian,
the
Observer
and the BBC. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

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Also by Vanora Bennett

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Queen of Silks

Blood Royal

Copyright

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2010

FIRST EDITION

Copyright (c) Vanora Bennett 2010

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