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© Anne Chambers 1986, 2000, 2011, 2014

First published by Gill & Macmillan 2011

This ebook edition published by Gill & Macmillan 2014

978 07171 4828 8 (print)

978 07171 5175 2 (epub)

978 07171 5234 6 (mobi)

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Cover images: Richard Jenkins Photography

The National Archives UK (Reproduction of letter from Eleanor to Queen Elizabeth I from 1574)

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