The Debutante. Kathleen Tessaro

      

      The

      Debutante

      Kathleen Tessaro

       Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2010

      Copyright © Kathleen Tessaro 2010

      Kathleen Tessaro asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007215393

      Ebook Edition © APRIL 2010 ISBN: 9780007366019

      Version: 2019-05-24

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      For Annabel

      There is a dangerous silence in that hour A stillness, which leaves room for the full soul To open all itself, without the power Of calling wholly back its self-control: The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower, Sheds beauty and deep softness o’er the whole, Breathes also to the heart, and o’er it throws A loving languor, which is not repose.

      LORD BYRON, Don Juan

      Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

Copyright

Note to Readers

       Dedication

       Epigraph

Part One

       In the heart of the City of London

       Part Two

       5 St James’s Square

       5 St James’s Square (continue)

       Part Three

       Endsleigh Devon

       Read an extract of The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro

       Keep Reading – The Perfume Collector

       Keep Reading – Rare Objects

       Author’s Note

       Acknowledgements

       Also by Kathleen Tessaro

       About the Publisher

Part One