This book is for
Cecilia and Alexis, my wonderful sister and brother,
and for Cedric and Caroline, their loved ones.
In loving memory of Pierre-Emmanuel (1989-2006)
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.
– HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND
“Manderley was no more.”
– DAPHNE DU MAURIER, Rebecca