That year, as in other years, death was not man’s ultimate terror and chief source of his disquiet. Her favourite films are César et Rosalie and The Horseman on the Roof. She enjoys Early Music as well as Sibelius, Pierre Lechenko, and Lana del Rey. Her favourite visual artists are Sir Henry Raeburn, Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Lucy Powell. Before she started writing fiction, she worked as a translator and proofreader, specialising in art history and architecture.Įlsie enjoys knitting, cooking, and gardening – or just being in the garden, watching the plants grow and listening to the birds sing sailing, skiing, walking, and cycling. Following an itinerant childhood with her diplomatic family, she studied languages in Glasgow and Berlin. She lives in France and Germany with her husband and far too many books. She is presently working on her second novel, which revolves around a bright young heiress and a one-armed sea-captain and is partly set in Greece. Her first novel, An Independent Heart, is available at BoD, Amazon, and in bookstores near you. Elsie enjoys knitting, cooking, and gardening – or just being in the garden, watching the plants grow and listening to Elizabeth (Elsie) Grant writes romantic fiction set in the early nineteenth century. Before she started writing fiction, she worked as a translator and proofreader, specialising in art history and architecture. Elizabeth (Elsie) Grant writes romantic fiction set in the early nineteenth century.

An Independent Heart by Elizabeth Grant