A small number of exceptionally helpful people have contributed to the completion of this novel. I would like to thank Shona Williams, librarian at the State Library of Victoria, for her insights into the working life of an archivist. I am indebted to Ian Boyle, Elizabeth Jane Corbett and Philip Wallis for their advice and suggestions and comprehensive feedback on early drafts. I am immensely grateful to my daughter, Elizabeth Blackthorn, whose sharp eye helped when I needed it most. A special mention to Mary Cunnane, whose encouragement prompted me to compose this work. I will be forever grateful.
I have relied on numerous scholarly works in the creation of this novel and of course on the Blue Books themselves. I could not have composed this book without first having studied Alice Bailey
