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The Making of Swallows and Amazons

The Making of Swallows and Amazons
  • Author(s): Sophie Neville
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1973 - 2020

In 1973, Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the 1974 film ‘Swallows & Amazons.’ Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars lived out Arthur Ransome’s epic adventure...

The Book-Lovers’ Retreat

The Book-Lovers’ Retreat
  • Author(s): Heidi Swain
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sometimes a book grabs you by the heart and grows to mean everything to you. That’s what Hope Falls is to friends Emily, Rachel and Tori. So, when they get the chance to spend a whole summer at the...

The Killer’s Girl (Detective Morgan Brookes #2)

The Killer’s Girl (Detective Morgan Brookes #2)
  • Author(s): Helen Phifer
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Mama, wake up.’ The little girl reached for her mother’s face with one pudgy hand. But the eyes stayed closed, and the blood continued to trickle across the floor. When the body of a young woman is found, tied...

Mackerel the Travelling Cat

Mackerel the Travelling Cat
  • Author(s): Katharine and Maurice George
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

Mackerel the intrepid exploring cat. He is taken on various trips to the Lake District with his owners where he can explore on paw the fells and pikes, or retreat to his special cat-back-pack if he wants to take...

A Good Liar

A Good Liar
  • Author(s): Ruth Sutton
  • Location(s): Cumbria, The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Jessie Whelan has always been a good liar, trying to protect her independence and her career as a teacher. But she risks everything when, after years of discreet loneliness, she embarks on a love affair. In the meantime, her...

All the Little Bird-Hearts

All the Little Bird-Hearts
  • Author(s): Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing...

Dances with Daffodils

Dances with Daffodils
  • Author(s): Matthew Connolly
  • Location(s): Grasmere, Ullswater
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1800s

It is spring 1802 in London and Luke Greenhead, prodigal son of a Grasmere shepherd, has squandered away half his life. In despair he returns to his Lakeland birthplace in search of home and family. By the shores of...

Death At Eden’s End

Death At Eden’s End
  • Author(s): Jo Allen
  • Location(s): The Lake District, Eden Valley
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2019

When one-hundred-year-old Violet Ross is found dead at Eden’s End, a luxury care home hidden in a secluded nook of the Lake District’s Eden Valley it’s tragic, of course, but not unexpected. Except for the instantly recognisable look in...

Exquisite

Exquisite
  • Author(s): Sarah Stovell
  • Location(s): Grasmere
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Exquisite was the #TFBookClub read September/October 2017, find out more on the Book Club page A chilling, exquisitely written and evocative thriller set in the Lake District, centring on the obsessive relationship that develops between two writers… Bo Luxton...

Haweswater

Haweswater
  • Author(s): Sarah Hall
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1930s

A close knit farming community is pulled apart when the Manchester Water Board wants to flood the area to create a reservoir. A majestic first novel of love and intrigue set amongst the sweep of the Fells.

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