10462 Literary Biographies Beautiful little book explores how

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10462 Literary Biographies Beautiful little book explores howForward by Lord Avon. Intro by Anthony Eden. Emily Eden [1797 1869] was the 12th child of William Eden, Baron Auckland. Her brother George who succeeded to the title was Governor General of India, and Emily lived with him. She wrote three books about life there. She also wrote two novels. When she published The Semi Detached Home in 1859, she was encouraged to brush up and publish the novel she had written years earlier but had held back. This was