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Caroline stood beside her chair and looked out at the world she knew. Something very strange was happening. Young Caroline Thorpe has noticed that her world is changing. Strangers have been coming to visit and mysterious packages have been arriving - then, suddenly, she is whisked away from her home... and everything she thinks she knows. Unbeknownst to Caroline, she is in fact the illegitimate child of the Duke of Cley. But arriving at the Duke's stately hope proves less than a fairy-tale ending: Caroline is faced with bitter jealousies and petty resentments upon joining the household. Caught up in a whirlwind of illicit romance and forbidden desires, Caroline struggles to know who's on her side. Inspired by the true story of the Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Foster, The Lost Garden titillates with its reimagining of life in this scandalous and unconventional family. The Lost Garden is the last instalment of the Purchas Family series.

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Hodge's characters are also intriguing and complex, with flaws and weaknesses that I could not wink at, but neither could I judge the characters with contempt. -- Amazon Reviewer Hodge made the time seem alive and vivid. -- Amazon Reviewer Well written and compelling. -- Amazon Reviewer The setting is accurate, the characters deep and believable, the plot interesting and factual. -- Amazon Reviewer Charming, lovely, well written and well paced pre-regency romance. -- Amazon Reviewer

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Jane Aiken Hodge was born in Massachusetts, but moved with her family to East Sussex in Britain when she was three years old. After reading English in Somerville College, Oxford, she moved to the US to undertake a second degree at Radcliffe College. Whilst she was there, she spent time as a civil servant and worked for Time Magazine before returning to the UK to focus on her career as a novelist. In 1972 she became a British citizen. She is the daughter of the Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Conrad Aiken. Aiken Hodge is known for her works of historical romance. In a career spanning nearly fifty years, she published over thirty novels, exploring contemporary settings and the detective genre in her later life. She died in 2009, aged ninety-two.

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