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First published in Great Britain in 2008 by John Murray (Publishers) An Hachette UK Company

Copyright in the letters of Deborah Devonshire © Deborah Devonshire 2008

Copyright in the letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor © Patrick Leigh Fermor 2008

Copyright in the compilation, footnotes and editor’s note © Charlotte Mosley 2008

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Drawings of the view from Patrick Leigh Fermor’s house (page xvii) and Lismore Castle (page xxi) by John Craxton

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ISBN 978-1-68137-187-0

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Cover illustration: Nathan Gelgud

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