The inheritance, p.29
The Inheritance, page 29
Love
Evelyn
Acknowledgements
Huge thanks to the team at Penguin for helping me to bring this story to life. My editors, Joel Richardson and Grace Long, as well as Clare Bowron, all worked incredibly hard and showed great patience while I finally pulled this one together. We got there in the end and I am very proud of this book. Thanks also to Sarah Bance for her work, especially the tips on how to make the Latin sound right, but not quite perfect enough to fool her namesake in the book. Further thanks to Maxine Hitchcock, Sriya Varadharajan, Eloise Austin and Emma Henderson at Michael Joseph.
I am lucky enough to have the best literary agent in the business, Phil Patterson, at Marjacq. Thanks again for all of your support, Phil. I couldn’t do it without you.
The following people have all helped me at crucial points along the way and I would like to thank them. Adam Pope, Andy Davis, Nikki Selden, Gareth Chennells, Andrew Local, Stuart Britton, David Shapiro, Peter Day, Tony Frobisher, Katie Charlton, Gemma Sealey, Susan Jackson, Ion Mills, Peter Hammans, Emad Akhtar and Keshini Naidoo.
Love and a very big thank you to my wife Alison, for putting up with an author in the house and never losing faith in me. I wouldn’t have got this far without your unflagging belief.
Finally, huge thanks to my amazing daughter, Erin, who makes every day worthwhile and keeps me smiling, even when the words are refusing to cooperate. Love you always.
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