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Copyright © Claudia Renton 2014
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Cover:
The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs Adeane, and Mrs Tennant,
1899 (oil on canvas) by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) © Francis G. Mayer/Corbis
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Source ISBN: 9780007544899
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