Some years later she was devastated by the loss at sea during the war of her brother Henry
, to whom she was very close.
Miller, Sarah, and Betty Miller. “Introduction”. On the Side of the Angels, Virago, p. vii - xviii.
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Dedications
Betty Miller
BM
published a war novel entitled On the Side of the Angels, dedicated to the memory of Henry William Spiro
, Dear brother: incomparable friend, Missing, presumed killed, in H.M.S. Firedrake.