Mary Hooper
The Disgrace of Kitty Grey
1813. Dairymaid Kitty Grey loves her work at Bridgeford Hall, and her heart beats fast for the young ferryman, Will,…
Velvet
Having read Fallen Grace and enjoyed it thoroughly, I leapt at the chance to review Velvet. Velvet works hard as…
Velvet
Velvet has a secret within her past. Worse still, she is in danger of losing her livelihood in Ruffold’s Steam…
The Betrayal
As the novel begins we are straight away in the world of Elizabethan London as Lucy waits with her two…
Newes from the Dead
1650. This is based on the true story of Anne Green, a young, naïve maidservant who is taken in by…
In the House of the Magician
(1) 1570s, Elizabethan England. When country girl Lucy flees from her drunken father and sets off to London to find…
The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
London, 1670. In a tremendous opening scene, 15-year-old Eliza, starving and desperate, is thrown into the notorious Clink Prison. From…
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
(1) London, June 1665. Country girl Hannah is thrilled to be coming to live in London with her sister Sarah,…
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