Sylvia Perrini is an author, historian, wife and mother to two sons and two daughters. Sylvia was born in Milan, Italy and moved to Staffordshire, UK when she was four. Her Italian father was a lawyer and her English mother a barrister. Sylvia, studied history and law at Manchester University and developed a particular interest in women who live outside the common boundaries of society. Sylvia lives with her husband and children in the New Forest, Hampshire, UK. Here she spends her time reading, writing and painting.