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Acknowledgements
Important disclaimer: because of the pandemic, I've never met most of the people who helped put this book together. They might be terrible in real life.
EDITORIAL
Associate Publisher: Helen Garnons-Williams
Publishing Director: Essie Cousins
Project Editor: Katy Archer
Assistant Editor: Jordan Mulligan
Editorial Assistant: Eve Hutchings
Copyeditor: Rachael Harrison
Proofreader: Morag Lyall
DESIGN
Illustrator: Joy Gosney
Cover Designer: Ellie Game
PRODUCTION
Production Manager: Chris Gurney
Typesetter: Graham Holmes
MARKETING
Marketing Director: Matt Clacher
Senior Marketing Executive: Olivia Marsden
SALES
UK Sales Director: Paul Erdpresser
Head of International Sales: Bethan Moore
Key Account Manager: Malissa Mistry
Sales Executive: Hannah Avery
PUBLICITY
Senior Publicity Manager: Naomi Mantin
Publishing Executive: Nicola Webb
RIGHTS
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Senior Rights Manager: Agnes Rigou
Rights Manager: Sarah Davis
Rights Assistant: Ameena Ghori-Khan
AUDIO
Senior Audio Editor: Jack Chalmers
A special thanks to Claire Conrad, who got me to write this in the first place; Helen Garnons-Williams, for saving it from development hell; Tom Espley, for being a really great A level history teacher; the staff at the British Library; and, as always, mum.
Also by Gideon Defoe
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The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics
About the Author
Gideon Defoe in the author of The Pirates! book series and wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated Sony/Aardman film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. He has also written about how animals have sex and penned a computer game tie-in novel because he is bad at staying on brand.
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