Sweet Dove Died

‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure.'' Jilly Cooper

Between the amorous antique dealer Humphrey and his good-looking nephew James glides the magnificent Leonora, delicate as porcelain, cool as ice. Can she keep James in her thrall? Or will he be taken from her by a lover, like Phoebe . . . or Ned, the wicked American?

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