Following the death of her uncle, who adopted her when she was sixteen years old, Joan Stirling is left somewhat alone in the world and with very little income. In need of employment, and hoping for a little adventure, she answers an advertisement in the Gentlewoman’s Journal, for a companion-secretary, a ‘gentlewoman of education and parts’. But upon taking up her new post, Joan soon discovers that her employer, a beautiful and charming widow named Mrs Annabelle Vane—who talks ‘like Pepys’ Diary’, looks like a lady from the court of one of the Stuart kings, and believes in witchcraft—is no ordinary woman. Mrs Vane has a past… and it goes right back to 1684.
As with Unholy Depths, this new edition of And So Forever includes a 14-page biographical essay by yours truly: ‘Gertrude Dunn: Creating a Strong Belief in the Incredible’.
‘Decidedly a book to read: there is not a dull page in it.’ Birmingham Daily Gazette, January 1930.
ISBN-13: 978-1-917113-19-9.
Hardback with dust jacket, 22.86cm x 15.24cm (6" x 9"), 270 pages
Published: 31 October 2026
The book is available to pre-order from the Nezu Press store (please click here); global shipping is available (with no tariffs for US customers). Alternatively, it will be available from the usual online retailers soon, and you can order it from bricks-and-mortar stores.
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