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<title>Anita</title>
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Sally,

Thanks so much for recommending your book.  I'll be hitting up the library for it.  That daughter of daughter thing was a mistake and I'm going to fix it now.

Thanks again]]>
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<title>Sally Varlow</title>
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Anita - I can see why you were so fascinated by the shoes that may have belonged to Frances Walsingham. But I don't think she was quite the scandalous lady you seem to suggest. Look up the chapters on Frances in my new biography of her sister-in-law, "The Lady Penelope" (published by Andre Deutsch/Carlton books, on June 4) and you'll see what I mean. Penelope was the sister of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and she often supported Frances, who had a hard time of it during her marriage to Robert - who kept indulging in affairs with other Court ladies. It was Penelope who sat in Essex House with Frances during Essex's rebellion, in 1601, while Queen Elizabeth's troops formed up outside and threatened to blow up the house if Essex didn't come out. But it was Penelope, not Frances, who was taken into custody and questioned about her part in the rebellion. 
Do read my new book, and let me know if it changes your thoughts on Frances (by the way she was Sir Francis Walsingham's only surviving child; not the daughter of his daughter, as you suggest).
Happy reading,
Yours,
Sally ]]>
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