Acknowledgments


Enormous thanks to my friends Louise Hampson, PhD, and Mary Morse, PhD, for reading with care and thought my belated (as in last minute) delivery of a draft manuscript. Both were facing their own book deadlines yet took the time to check for flow, clarity, and historical accuracy. I am in your debt. Huge thanks to my agent Jennifer Weltz, whose keen eye for character consistency and radar for missed opportunities in the story never fails me. I am so fortunate.

Thanks also to Anne Louise Avery, whose brilliant retelling of the medieval tales of Reynard the Fox (Bodleian Library Publishing 2020) indirectly inspired the title and a character, though the personality of my fox is as Reynard is perceived by his victims, cunning and cruel. Apologies to Old Fox, the character in Anne Louise’s wonderful twitter tales – I intend no slander of your kin. (@AnneLouiseAvery)

Many thanks and much admiration to the team at Severn House for taking my manuscripts and turning them into beautiful books.

As ever I am grateful to my husband Charlie for his beautiful maps, and all his loving support. Especially near deadlines it can’t be easy sharing a house with me.

Last but never least, my thanks to my readers for falling in love with my unruly characters and welcoming them into your homes.


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