[3][2][4]) Her father was a Lithuanian Jew who, at the age of 16, left mainland Europe in 1900 in the hope of starting a new life in New York City.

[2] He decided to stay in Wales, and there he met and married Dorothy Cohen, whose Polish family had also emigrated to Cardiff.

Harold was forced to quit playing through illness, but Cyril (1926-1996) became a violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra.

[5] She died in the Royal Free Hospital, London, from stroke combined with chronic bronchitis, "a classic illness of smokers", on 13 October 2004, aged 81 (generally reported as 76).

[10] Her 1975 novel, I Sent a Letter To My Love, was made into a film (Chère inconnue) in 1980 by Moshe Mizraki, starring Simone Signoret and Jean Rochefort.

Her 1985 novel, Mr Wakefield's Crusade, was adapted for television by the BBC in 1992, starring Peter Capaldi and Michael Maloney.