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Although her married name was anna haycraft, she is best known by her nomdeplume. She was the author of numerous novels and of some nonfiction, including cookery books. It was alice thomas ellis s habit during the course of her adult life to announce, both in private and in public, that she had always wished to be a nun and that one day she would indeed join a. Alice thomas ellis born ann margaret lindholm, 9 september 1932 8 march 2005 was a british writer and essayist. The 27th kingdom is to be found in chelsea, where aunt irene lives in a cosy, cluttered m nage with kyril, her nephew their peace, however, is about to be invaded by valentine, a young postulant sent by her reverend mother to test her vocation.
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