Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblace to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely conincidental.

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      First published in Great Britain by

      William Heinemann 1998

      Copyright © Freya North 1998

      Afterword © Freya North 2012

      Freya North asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      Extracts here, here and here from ‘Moonlight in Vermont’ by Karl Suessdorf and John Blackburn; Extracts here from ‘Tam O’Shanter’ by Robert Burns;

      ‘Pied Beauty’ by Gerald Manley Hopkins; ‘Somet, Bright Start’ by John Keats; ‘Proverbial Philosophy’, 1st series. ‘Of Discretion’ by Martin Farquhar Tupper;

      ‘Lead Kindly Night’ by Henry Newman

      The author and publisher have made all reasonable efforts to contact copyright holders for permission, and any omissions or errors in the form of credit given will be corrected in future editions

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      Source ISBN: 9780007462193

      Ebook Edition © June 2012 ISBN:9780007462209

      Version: 2017-11-28

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