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Jane Gordon-Cumming

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Jane began writing when she was about seven, and has had numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. Her first novel,' A Proper Family Christmas', was published by Transita in 2005, and is to be reissued by Accent Press in 2015. She's working on a new romantic comedy, 'A Proper Family Holiday'. In a recent change of direction she has begun a biography of her grandparents, Sir William Gordon-Cumming of the notorious 1891 Baccarat Scandal, and Florence Garner, the young American heiress who stood by him in his disgrace. Her proposal won the Biographers' Club's Tony Lothian Prize for first time uncommissioned biographers.

After living in Oxford for thirty odd years, Jane has recently moved to Gloucestershire, close to her sister, the w
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A Proper Family Christmas by Jane Gordon-Cumming
"I really enjoyed the storylines and the mix of characters, especially Frances, who at times seems to be the only sane person there! The strands tie together into a satisfying conclusion and several times made me laugh out loud. I like Jane Gordon-Cum" Read more of this review »
A Proper Family Christmas by Jane Gordon-Cumming
"A slow start with lots of characters that seemed scantily developed. However, the second half when the romances start to flesh out between Hilary and Oliver and Daniel and Frances add much more interest and after this the pace of the novel seems to s" Read more of this review »
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