NEW RELEASE
The Poison Keeper
Naples 1633 Aqua Tofana – One drop to heal. Three drops to kill. Giulia Tofana longs for more responsibility in her mother’s apothecary business, but Mamma has always been secretive and refuses to tell Giulia the hidden keys to her success. When Mamma is arrested for the poisoning of the powerful Duke de Verdi, Giulia is shocked to uncover the darker side of her trade. Books 2 and 3 available now!
Available in: ebook, paperback
BUY NOW
Recent Releases
GET THIS STORY FREE
Sign up for Deborah’s monthly newsletter ‘The Astonishing Past’ – and you’ll get this free story, Last Train Home. It’s a wartime railway romance ideal for your coffee-time reading.
When you sign up you’ll also get exclusive articles on our astonishing history, as well as book chat, news of subscriber only giveaways and the chance to win one of Deborah’s books every month in a monthly draw.
MEET DEBORAH SWIFT
Welcome to the online home of Deborah Swift, historical novelist. Before publishing her first novel Deborah worked as a set and costume designer for theatre and TV. She also developed a degree course in Theatre Arts at the Arden School of Theatre, where she taught scenography and the history of design. In 2007 she took an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University, and since then has juggled writing with teaching.
Deborah has been published by St Martin’s Press, Pan Macmillan, Endeavour Press, Headline Accent and Sapere Books.
Recent Blog Posts
The Du Lac Chronicles by Mary Anne Yarde #Arthurian #HistoricalFiction
Spotlight on the Du Lac Chronicles - A must for fans of Arthurian Legend! A generation after Arthur Pendragon ruled, Briton lies fragmented into warring kingdoms and principalities. Eighteen-year-old Alden du Lac ruled the tiny kingdom of Cerniw. Now he half-hangs...
Cragside: A 1930’s Murder Mystery by M J Porter #CoffeePotBookClub #MurderMystery #Extract
Dive into this 1930's Murder Mystery! Cragside by M J Porter - Excerpt The following day – Lady Merryweather is now assisting Detective Inspector Aldcroft, and together they examine the scene of the murder I step outside. The rain has finally stopped, the drip of...
The Girl From Oto by Amy Maroney #Audiotour #audiobook #CoffeePotBookClub @wilaroney
I really enjoyed this series of books and here they are on audio, narrated by Meg Price. Do go and get a treat of a listen! About the first in the series: A Renaissance-era woman artist and an American scholar. Linked by a 500-year-old mystery… The secrets of the past...
THE LATEST FROM TWITTER
The Silkworm Keeper by Deborah Swift #AwardWinning #HistoricalFiction @swiftstory http://trbr.io/gDDo6wn via @maryanneyarde
'The Fortune Keeper' - the story of the daughter of poisoner Giulia Tofana, is ready to pre-order at the special price of #99p #99c Pic - Montalba - Early Morning in Venice
#Historical #Venice #RenaissanceItaly
http://mybook.to/FortuneKeeper
Oiled linen window covering letting in a surprising amount of light at Barley Hall, a restored medieval townhouse in York @BarleyHallYork #windowsonwednesday #medieval #window
Like a little creep, I ducked into the new @WaterstonesBrae before work and saw that my book was on display, cover-on. 🙈 But the cover designer did a helluva job, so why not! #bookcommunity #bookcovers #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
