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Entertaining Mr Pepys
Elizabeth ‘Bird’ Carpenter has a wonderful singing voice, and music is her chief passion. When her father persuades her to marry horse-dealer Christopher Knepp, she suspects she is marrying beneath her station, but nothing prepares her for the reality of life with Knepp. Her father has betrayed her trust, for Knepp cares only for his horses; he is a tyrant and a bully, and will allow Bird no life of her own.
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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.
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Just a reminder that you can listen to 'Dark Magic' on Audible, in case you've seen its latest review on Goodreads and fancy giving it a go. https://twitter.com/TomCW99/status/1380113347257974791
I just realised that 'Dark Magic' is now available on Audible and I hadn't even noticed!
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Welcome to Day 2 of the blog tour for Thunder on the Moor by Andrea Matthews.
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