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New York in the early 1870s was being built and rebuilt at a bewildering rate. We have tried to be as accurate as we could with who stayed where, and what had been built or not, using contemporary guide-books and the epic Light and Shadows of New York. Five Points in New York was the junction where Worth Street, Mott Street, Park Row, and Bowery met, just south of Columbus Park. In Margaret’s time, the area was a notorious slum, though it was not the den of iniquity and crime it later became. The two missions were located exactly as described in our book, but Margaret’s Children’s Sanctuary, sadly, never existed.

We have endeavoured to be as historically accurate as possible in all respects, but as this is a work of fiction, any inaccuracies, oversights, or errors are entirely our own.

(Signed) Sarah and Marguerite

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SARAH FERGUSON is the Duchess of York. She is also a bestselling memoirist, children’s book author, and film producer, and she has been a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers and Wedgwood china. She currently campaigns for her Children in Crisis international charity and works on historical documentaries and films that draw on her deep interest in Victorian history. The mother of two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, and the grandmother of two, she lives in Windsor with nine frisky Norfolk terriers.

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