by
Tom Holt
Based on the characters
created by E.F. Benson
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Lucia in Wartime
Copyright © 2012 by Tom Holt
ISBN: 978-1-60381-129-3 (Trade Paper)
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Dedicated to
Edward Frederick Benson
1867-1940
‘Servant of God—Brave Sufferer—Author—Three Times Mayor of Rye’
Originally published in England by Macmillan London Ltd., 1985.
The author acknowledges with gratitude the permission kindly granted by the Estate of K.S.P. McDowell to base this novel on the characters created by E.F. Benson.
The map of Tilling is adapted from E.F. Benson: Mr. Benson Remembered in Rye, and the World of Tilling, by Cynthia and Tony Reavell (published by Martello Bookshop, Rye), and is reproduced by kind permission of the authors.
First PERENNIAL LIBRARY edition published 1986.
My thanks are due to:
-Robert Smith, for help and encouragement;
-Sylvia James, who typed out the (almost illegible) manuscript;
-My mother, who first introduced me to Lucia.
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