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In January 1914, Jonathan Crane returns home to his tiny village in the north of England with his beautiful, glamorous American bride. Finding it different from the bright lights of Coney Island, Beatrice struggles to adapt to this cold, gray place and tries to befriend the young women who are her new neighbours.

A short, sparkling novel about the twilight years of Noel Coward''s life, by the author of "Angel of Brooklyn."
On a secluded hillside in Jamaica lies Firefly, Noel Coward''s peaceful retreat. Here, between sundowners and sunsets, brandies and cigarettes, the seventy-one-year-old Coward whiles away his days -- a comforting, frustrating pattern of unwanted breakfasts, reluctant walks, graceless dips in the pool -- in the company of his manservant Patrice. Both of them dream of a London that is long-gone or imagined: Noel''s peopled with glamorous friends -- Redgrave, Olivier, O''Toole --...

Along with key documents and treaties, the book includes wide-ranging contributions from more than 70 scholars, reflecting contemporary scholarship and illustrating the development of our knowledge of Tibetan history.