BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Hold the Dream
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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First published in paperback by Grafton 1986
First published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1985
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For Bob – who makes everything possible
for me, with my love.
‘She possessed, in the highest degree,
all the qualities which were required in a
great Prince.’
GIOVANNI SCARAMELLI,
Venetian Ambassador
to the Court of Elizabeth Tudor,
Queen of England
‘I would have you know that this kingdom
of mine is not so scant of men but there be
a rogue or two among them.’
ELIZABETH TUDOR, Queen of England
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