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 | J. B. Williams is one of Mr Darcy's favourite authors with his unusual background for a writer of fiction. Growing up in Cornwall, on a farm and by the coast, as soon he finished school, like most of his generation, he left the county to continue his education and find work. Training as an engineer he worked in that field for many years, but took up writing in the 1970s. The pressures of work and running a small business caused him to put it aside for nearly thirty years. Learning Dutch, due to language problems in Belgium, led to an interest in the history of the Netherlands, particularly around the Second World War.
The story of Love and Hate grew from this and buzzed around in his mind for years, before he eventually wrote it down. Just Before Dawn, while not a sequel, grew from the same inspiration and contains some the same characters.
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