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A Splendid Defiance by Stella Riley #CoffeePotBookClub #17thCentury #Extract
I'm delighted to welcome Stella Riley today with an extract from her English Civil War novel, A Splendid Defiance. Visit from a prince Justin spent the afternoon in the Globe Room at the Reindeer Inn. It was a pleasant room but, as far as Justin was concerned, it...
Try before you Trust by Connie Briones #Elizabethan #FemalePoet #HistoricalFiction
Today I'm highlighting Try Before You Trust, a novel about the fascinating early Elizabethan poet Isabella Whitney. Try Before You Trust: To All Gentlewomen and Other Maids in Love by Constance Briones What if Taylor Swift found herself penning songs about love in...
The Loose Thread by Liz Harris #WW2 #Review #Jersey
Anyone who enjoyed my book The Occupation will also enjoy this book by Liz Harris which gives a different and fascinating account of WW2 and how it affected the islanders of Jersey. This is the first in a series of books about three sisters, and Rose, the first in the...
Dartington Hall – Guest Post by Rosemary Griggs #Devon #Tudor #History #CoffeePotBookClub
I am delighted to host Rosemary Griggs today to tell us all about Dartington Hall - a place I know well, as I was a student there in the 1970's! Dartington Hall by Rosemary Griggs Dartington Hall, known for its mellow grey stone walls, stunning gardens, and age-old...
Find me in the Stars by Jules Larimore #CoffeePotBookClub Read an Excerpt
EXCERPT FROM FIND ME IN THE STARS Chapter 4 Flee Like the Mist from the Tempest’s Might - Jehan 26 September 1697 ~ Early Evening Chomérac, France Immediately after sunset, Jehan and his companions moved out again in their usual order, this time on foot, following...
Spotlight on #NewRelease Riddle of the Gods by Eric Schumacher #Norway
Congratulations to Eric Schumacher, - his new book Riddle of the Gods is out today! TITLE: Riddle of the Gods RELEASE DATE: March 25, 2024 SALES LINK: https://mybook.to/Riddleofthegods ABOUT THE BOOK Riddle of the Gods is the riveting fourth novel in the best-selling...
A Matter of Time by Judith Arnopp #CoffeePotBookClub #Tudor #Review
A Matter of Time Henry VIII: The Dying of the Light - The Henrician Chronicle, Book 3 Review This is a superb chronicle of the last years of one of the most famous kings of England. Written entirely from Henry's perspective, we watch him wrestle with the the killing...
I’m on tour for The Shadow Network #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #WW2
Virtual Book Tour I'm on tour for the next moth visiting various blogs courtesy of the Coffee Pot Book Club! You can find all the links here on their site: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/12/blog-tour-the-shadow-network-by-deborah-swift.html On the tour...
Weaving Mama’s Dress through The Low Road – a blog post by Katharine Quarmby #CoffeePotBookClub
Weaving Mama’s dress through The Low Road - a writer's process Katharine Quarmby “The good wife had given me a grey dress, in a soft cotton, and I had hand sewn our favourite flowers around the hem, cornflowers for me, and poppies for George.” This dress, given to...
Beautiful Ghost by Milana Marsenich #CoffeePotBookClub #20thCentury #HistoricalFiction
About Beautiful Ghost During the fall of 1918, the influenza pandemic crosses the nation and reaches the mining town of Butte, Montana. Marika Jovich, who wants to go to school to become a physician, works menial tasks for Dr. Fletcher. She feels useless as she tries...
Twelfth Cake House by Heidi Eljarbo #Historical #Romance #CoffeePotBookClub
Even a clever matchmaker may need a push in the right direction if she’s to find true love. When she’s asked to find a match for herself, it proves to be the most difficult task she’s ever undertaken. Mid-December 1796. Sixty-year-old spinster Miss Jemima Thurgood has...
The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu by Ann Bennett #India #Burma #CoffeePotBookClub #wartime
Hampshire, UK, 2015. When Chloe Harper’s beloved grandmother, Lena dies, a stranger hands her Lena’s wartime diary. Chloe sets out to uncover deep family secrets that Lena guarded to her grave. Darjeeling, India, 1943. Lena Chatterjee leaves the confines of a strict...
Madame Pommery by Rebecca Rosenberg #Review #Champagne #HistoricalFiction #CoffeePotBookClub
Review of Madame Pommery by Rebecca Rosenberg If you know nothing about how Champagne is made, or its history, then you can't do better than to pick up this book. The painstaking and long process from choosing the right blend of grape to crushing and fermenting s...
Spotlight on Twelve Nights by Penny Ingham #16thCentury #MurderMystery #CoffeePotBookClub
1592. The Theatre, London. When a player is murdered, suspicion falls on the wardrobe mistress, Magdalen Bisset, because everyone knows poison is a woman’s weapon. The coroner is convinced of her guilt. The scandal-pamphlets demonize her. Magdalen is innocent,...
Anthologies in 2023 with contributions by Deborah Swift @swiftstory #Anthology #HistoricalFiction #WW2 #Touch
ACTION THIS DAY I've been lucky enough to be invited to contribute to several anthologies over this year, so I thought I'd highlight them in a post. My story The Secret Listener is based on true events in WW2, where young men who were expert radio buffs were recruited...