We have published two novels, both page-turners, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) who is probably best known now for The Secret Garden (1911). A favourite theme in her fiction is the reversal of fortune, something she experienced in her own often complicated and unhappy life as she shuttled between England and America. From an early age she published stories to help the family financially, later becoming one of the most famous and popular writers of her day. There is a fountain dedicated to her in Central Park, and the garden at Great Maytham Hall which was her home for some years opens through the National Garden Scheme.