Deborah Swift
The Lifeline
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“I never wear my paperclip now,” Astrid replied, “it’s just asking for trouble.” A complex narrative, this story takes place during the ...Read Review
We All Fall Down
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In these pandemic times, readers of historical fiction will find deep resonance with stories of the Black Death and other pandemics. In this ...Read Review
The Occupation
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Céline and Fred are newlyweds building their life on the Channel Island of Jersey when WWII and the threat of German occupation ...Read Review
Pleasing Mr Pepys
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Deb Willett is employed in the household of the diarist Samuel Pepys as a companion for his wife. She is there to help ...Read Review
Past Encounters
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Deborah Swift is a British writer of historical novels. This book was originally released under a pen name, Davina Blake, in 2014. Past Encounters ...Read Review
A Plague on Mr Pepys
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Bess Bagwell is headstrong and determined to make the most of her life and put the past—poverty, abuse, and hunger—behind her ...Read Review
A Divided Inheritance
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Set in Jacobean London in 1609 and then Spain, this book tells of both the fashionable lace trade and the religious conflicts between Catholics ...Read Review
The Gilded Lily
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Two teenage sisters, Ella and Sadie, escape from rural poverty to seek a living in Restoration London. We think we know what follows: ...Read Review
The Lady’s Slipper
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The Civil War and its aftermath have finished and the King is back on his throne, but the memories of the awful conflict ...Read Review