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Thanks to my agent, Bill Hamilton, who set me on the road, and all the team at A.M. Heath, in particular Jennifer Custer, Kate Rizzo Munson and Vickie Dillon, for all their hard work.

Thanks to HarperCollins
Publishers
; my editor, Susan Watt, for her support, insight and tenacious editing, and to Elizabeth Dawson and the team in Ireland: Moira Reilly and Tony Purdue.

Thanks to Ann Luttrell and Ben Cuddihy of the Triskel Arts Centre for all their local support in Cork.

Thanks to my Mum and Dad, Gerard and Catherine, whose enthusiasm always outstrips my own, and to my Mum- and Dad-in-law, John and Frances Moran, and also Aunty Pam Moran, for their support, not just of me, but of my family.

Thanks to the extended clan, Colm, Pam, Karen, Paul, Fiona and Doreen.

And finally thanks to Adrienne for all her support and love, who celebrates with me on the good days and commiserates with me on the bad, and thanks to my kids, Zoe, Andrew and Amy, who always point and shout loudly when they see my books in the shops.

About the Author

JOHN STACK
was born and lives in County Cork in Ireland. He is married with three children. He is presently writing a novel set during another great sea battle, the Spanish Armada.

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John Stack asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

isbn: 978-0-00-728527-3

This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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