To Dream of the Dead (60 page)

Bev Craven for his brilliant designs for the Ledwardine Leisurewear collection, available exclusively from the tireless Terry Smith – details on the website
www.philrickman.co.uk
, designed and maintained by Krys and Geoff Boswell and Jack.

Jonathan Black’s
The Secret History of the World
(Quercus) planted some seeds.

On the editorial side, endless, heartfelt thanks to Carol, who slaved for so many weeks and always thought of ways out. And, in the Endtime, to long-suffering copy-editor Nick Austin and my agent, Andrew Hewson, who read the MS twice in two days, as we ran out of injury time and into penalty shootouts. Finally to Nic Cheetham, Georgina Difford, Laura Palmer and Lucy Ramsey at Quercus, for ultimate patience and unfazeability.

The saying,
To dream of the dead is a sign of rain
, was told to Ella Mary Leather, author of
The Folklore of Herefordshire
by a Mrs Powell, of Dorstone.

Thank you, Mrs Powell.