Catherine Dickens to publish his statement in "Punch" as they thought it unsuitable for a humorous periodical. Another public statement appeared in the "New York Tribune", which later found its way into several British newspapers. In this statement Dickens declared that it had been only Georgina Hogarth who had held the family together for some time: Dickens and Catherine had little correspondence after their separation, but she remained attached and loyal to her husband and to his memory until her own death from cancer. On her deathbed in 1879 Catherine gave the collection of letters she had received from Dickens to her
Catherine Jones (novelist) Annie Jones. Later she started to write books under her married name Catherine Jones. Since 2007, she also signed under her maiden name Kate Lace and since 2014 as Fiona Field. Catherine Jones (novelist) Catherine Jones, née Lace (born 25 October 1956) is a British writer of romance novels since 1990. She also wrote as Kate Lace and Fiona Field and as Annie Jones in collaboration. She is the twentyfourth elected Chairman (2007–2009) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Born Catherine Lace on 25 October 1956, she went to an all-girls school then joined the army and served for 8 years,