Dearest Margarita: An Edwardian Love Story in Postcards

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A collection of a hundred postcards from the Edwardian period - a time of artistic splendour and elaborate social rules. Dearest Margarita tells the story of a forbidden love affair between Margarita, a wealthy young Cuban girl, and Charles, the unsuitable man she loved. Forced to conduct their romance in secret, across continents, Margarita created a collection of hundreds of cards from Charles, family and friends. Defying barriers of family and convention, these postcards tell the extraordinary story of a love affair that, despite all expectations, would not be thwarted.

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In those years before mobile phones, email and Skype, travellers depended on the rudimentary communications system known as the postcard -- Julian Barnes, 'The Sense of an Ending'

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After their secret wedding, Margarita and Charles settled in England. Margarita's mother and siblings visited her regularly from Cuba, but her father remained true to his word. They had five children, and remained devoted to each other for the rest of their lives. Eleo Carson is their granddaughter.