Table of Contents
Prologue 1
1 Cawarra 5
2 An independent spirit 14
3 Letter from America 22
4 A birth and a death 31
5 Europe bound 43
6 The transformation 54
7 Caviar Cavendish 64
8 The company of men 76
9 A father and a secret 84
10 Marmaduke 96
11 'He laid the world at my feet' 107
12 Champagny lordy 115
13 A jungle romance 128
14 Crashing the gilded halls 138
15 The sting 150
16 An ultimatum 159
17 La Fiorentina 168
18 Looking-glass world 174
19 Riviera refugees 182
20 Resistance 190
21 Where there's a will… 201
22 The fairy queen of Lees Place 211
23 The storekeeper's daughter 221
24 The excessively large gentleman 231
25 The touch of death 240
26 The newsprint knight 250
27 The waiting game 260
28 A lie laid bare 267
29 From the rubble 275
30 Australia 281
31 'Did I really kill them all?' 291
32 The unflappable hostess 303
33 Baron of Waterpark 310
34 A new adventure beckons 320
35 The racing game 329
36 Home 341
Epilogue 347
Afterword and acknowledgements 351
Selected bibliography 355
