half-Romanichal protagonist brothers. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - A supposed English Romani visits Thornfield Manor to tell fortunes, and the reactions of the guests there illustrate their characters as well as social attitudes. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë – Heathcliff perhaps might have been descended from Romani people and is often described as "dark" as or a "gypsy". The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge (1958) - Has a very detailed storyline and description of the lifestyle of the Romanichals of the UK during the civil war. Gypsy Lover by Edith Layton - The third book in a trilogy of romantic fiction where Daffyd the illegitimate son of a noblewoman and a Romani, returns to England from a penal colony in Botany Bay to pardon and clear the name of his adopted father the Earl of Egremont who was wrongly accused of a crime. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame – Toad, owner of Toad Hall, an impulsive and conceited character, buys a horse-drawn English Romani vardo. A few days later a passing motor car scares their horse causing the wagon to crash. This marks the end of Toad's craze, to be replaced by an obsession for motor cars. FightGame and Firefight by Kate Wild — teenage/young adult novels with a charismatic gypsy boy hero called Freedom Smith. They are thriller/sci fi based but they also deal with the real problems Gypsies face. Five Children and It by E. Nesbit – The children run into a band of English Romanies on the road. The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith - Cruella De Vil hires two English Romanies to steal the puppies. Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl (1975) - A children's book in which a young boy lives with his father in a traditional English vardo, although it is unclear if the protagonist Danny and his father are themselves Romanichal and admire the culture or prefer the lifestyle. The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden – Winner of the Whibread Children's Book Award, Diddikoi is the tale of an orphan Romani girl whose life is put in turmoil when her only living relative dies, her wagon burns, and she is left alone in a village community that hates her. Dark Blood by William Lee – Written by a Romani author Dark Blood tells the true story of Ethan Bray, a restless Romany orphan. Into his