The Jewel That Was Ours

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author and publishers wish to thank the following who have kindly given permission for use of copyright materials:

Extract from Oxford by Jan Morris published by Oxford University Press, 1987, reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press;

Extract from the introduction by Lord Jenkins of Hillhead to The Oxford Story, published by Heritage Projects (Management) Ltd, reprinted by permission of the Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group Ltd;

Extract from Lanterns and Lances published by Harper & Row and by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, copyright © 1961 James Thurber. Copyright © 1989 Rosemary A. Thurber;

Julian Symons for the extract from Bloody Murder;

Marilyn Yurdan for the extract from Oxford: Town & Gown;

Basil Swift for the extracts from Collected Haiku;

Martin Amis for the extract from Other People, published byJonathan Cape;

Max Beerbohm for the extract from Mainly on the Air, published by William Heinemann Ltd;

A. P. Watt Ltd on behalf of Crystal Hale and Jocelyn Herbert for the extract from ‘Derby Day’, Comic Opera, by A. P. Herbert;

Extract from Aspects of Wagner by Bryan Magee, reprinted by permission of the Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group Ltd;

The Estate of Virginia Woolf for the extract from Mrs. Dalloway, published by the Hogarth Press

Every effort has been made to trace all the copyright holders but if any have been inadvertently overlooked, the author and publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

This novel is based in part on an original storyline written by Colin Dexter for Central Television’s Inspector Morse series.