The Sweet Dove Died

The Sweet Dove Died

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?<br><br>'A highly distinctive and - ultimately - charitable novel' <i>Financial Times</i><br><br>'Faultless' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>'Her Characters are all meticulously impaled on the delicate pins of a wit that is as scrupulous as it is deadly' <i>Observer</i><br><br>'A coldly funny book' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>'Highly distinctive . . . the critics who have recently insisted on Miss Pym's too long neglected gifts have not been wrong' <i>Financial Times</i>