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Amy Spencer, the novel's heroine, is a 20th-century Jane Eyre. Not born into a family of status or wealth, she nonetheless had a good education at a single-sex Grammar School near Elephant and Castle in London and an upbringing which enabled her to mix in the various strata of society she encounters in the changing and challenging world she lives in. Amy considers herself the equal, both socially and intellectually, of the men she meets and she succeeds in a profession steeped in tradition and precedent which is male-dominated when she enters it aged 23. But dear reader, does she marry her Mr Rochester? You will have to read the book to find out.…mehr

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Amy Spencer, the novel's heroine, is a 20th-century Jane Eyre. Not born into a family of status or wealth, she nonetheless had a good education at a single-sex Grammar School near Elephant and Castle in London and an upbringing which enabled her to mix in the various strata of society she encounters in the changing and challenging world she lives in. Amy considers herself the equal, both socially and intellectually, of the men she meets and she succeeds in a profession steeped in tradition and precedent which is male-dominated when she enters it aged 23. But dear reader, does she marry her Mr Rochester? You will have to read the book to find out.
Autorenporträt
Mary Simpson (known to her friends as 'Champagne Mary') retired after a career in law spanning over 40 years. After retirement, she attained a degree with merit in creative writing and then an MA in creative writing, also with merit. In addition to her first novel of this quartet, she has had several collections of poetry published. Apart from her writing, her interests are in wine and the theatre. This quartet spans seven decades in the life of its heroine, who was born during the Battle of Britain.