Author’s Note
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Author’s NoteThe Earl Granville, Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1883, the year in which this novel is based, was a relative of my husband.
I have in my possession a passport signed by him for my grandfather James Faulkner Cartland to travel abroad with his wife.
It is like a letter on very thin paper with the Royal Coat of Arms at the top and the Earl’s personal one at the bottom beside his signature.
Great Britain was at this time and all through the Victorian era working continually through Diplomatic channels to keep the balance of power in Europe.
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