Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant (1851-1904) was an English author and novelist, who published more than ninety novels. Her works include: Dicky and His Friends (1879), Una's Crusade (1880), An Open Foe (1884), No Saint (1886), Seventy Times Seven (1888), Under False Pretences (c1889), A Life Sentence (c1889), The Luck of the House (c1889), Esther Denison (1889), A True Friend (c1890), Name and Fame (c1890), The Story of a Penitent Soul (1892), The Mistress of Quest (1895), The Idol Maker (1897), The Claim of Anthony Lockhart (1897), Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign (edited) (1897), The Lady Charlotte (1898), The Story of Phil Enderby (1898), The Conscience of Gilbert Pollard (1900), Miss Cleveland's Companion (1901), Anthea's Way (1903), The Yellow Diamond (1904), Mrs. Lygon's Husband (1905), Roger Vanburgh's Wife (1906), A Great Lady (1927) and Barbara's Money (1929). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.