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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of The Witch’s Daughter – PETROGRAD
10th December 2023
GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of The Witch’s Daughter by Imogen Edwards-Jones, set in early 20th Century PETROGRAD.
A city in flames. A revolution raging. A woman on the run.
Nadezhda has never wanted to be a witch. But the occult is in her blood. Her mother, Militza, conjured Rasputin and introduced him into the Romanov court, releasing the devil himself. Now he is dead but Militza still dreams of him – he stalks her sleep and haunts her waking hours.
As Petrograd burns and the Russian Empire crumbles, Nadezhda escapes through the corpse-laden streets of the capital, concealing on her person a book of generational magic. Magic she once described as foolishness. But as danger grows ever closer, she may be forced to embrace her heritage to save what she loves most…
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The winners are:
Karen R
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Charlotte Wilde
I like the Philippa Gregory novels because they have a bit of history to them as well as an interesting storyline. I like to learn about history while reading.
I like the Philippa Gregory novels that have some history to them.
I love to read books set in the Tudor era.
1920s Britain – always a good setting
I like anything covering WW1 and WW2
Anything to do with the Tudor era.
I love stories based on historical wars.
I like the Tudor period.
Its hard to choose just one period but one of my recent outstanding reads was set in the Tudor period. Lamentation by C.J. Sansom
I really like the Tudor period, especially CJ Sansom’s Shardlake novels – also anything by Phillips Gregory or Kate Mosse
I do love historical fiction set in the empire – especially in India as i like to understand more about it. However i have just read a brilliant book set in the Highlands of SCOTLAND not India – Of Stone and Sky – can recommend!
I loved The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale starts in 1917 and paints lovely pictures of London during the reign of George V
I like reading books from many different eras of history.
1800’s
I don’t feel like I have a favourite period of time, it’s the story that matters. For example, I loved The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola, based in 18th Cenury France xx
Novels from world war II
Not necessarily upcoming titles, but I did receive books for Christmas which I’m looking forward to reading. The main one would be Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah.
Good detective story
Tudors
i like books set in the Victorian times
I love reading novels set in the post war years.
Tudor Britain
I love Tudor & Plantagenet eras!
Any war stories
I love all history to be honest
my favourite time period for fiction is the Victorian era i dont have a specific favourite book i will reead anything!
Not Really I like all Historical Fiction.
Hi my fave time period for fiction is the Victorian era and my fav book from that era is Christmas carol by Charles Dickens. I am excited for heartstopper book 5 to release next year. Bye
i like ww1 stories
Post-WW1 and WW11 periods make for fascinating reading. It’s history but feels so close you could almost reach back and touch it.
There’s always so much to learn, even about our own country’s recent history woven into well-researched works of fiction.
I AM VERY MUCH A FAN OF THE VICTORIAN AGE, AND LOVE READING BOOKS ALONG THAT TIMEFRAME.
Victorian set novels seenm to do it for me I loved The Crimson and the white
The Puritan era as I love anything to do with witches. I’m actually really looking forward to reading this.
The time of the Tudors
Love stories based around the French Revolution and in particular all the Spymaster series by Joanna Bourne. Rogue Spy will be the latest from Joanna next year and I can’t wait for it to be published.
The victorian era always fascinated me.I love the Dilly court books especially Dolly’s Dream and also loved Jane Eyre by Charlotte bronte.
Anything to do with WW1 or WW2 is a fascinating read.
For me it is a choice of two periods of time either the Tudor era or WWII.
My favourite period in history is 1920’s to 1950’s, so much happened during that time frame, so many stories to tell and learn about.
I love any historical fiction book, but my favourite is set during the Victorian era – The Crimson Petal on the White by Michel Faber.
I love to read Tudor fiction as well.
I really enjoy medieval historical history. I’m looking forward to Ken Follet – the armour of light.
The inter-war period, with second spot going to the time of Henry VIII (Mantel-driven!)
Great subject love WW2 history
I love WW2 fiction the best as it reminds of the hardships and heartbreak people went through to keep our freedom. But most historical fiction hits the right spot with me! Many thanks!
I am fascinated by books set in India, so I love historical fiction set in the British Raj. Of course the classics like Paul Scott’s The Jewel in the Crown and M M Kaye’s The Far Pavilions, but also more modern writers like Sujata Massey and Abir Mukherjee.
1920s Britain
I don’t have a favourite period for historical fiction but I’m a big fan of Stacey Halls, who wrote The Familiars, The Foundling and Mrs England. I’m really looking forward to her new novel, The Household, which is out in April 2024.
I love WW2 stories best – makes me appreciate how lucky I am to be living in 2023!
Favourite historical period for fiction? All of them, but the 1930s edges in to the lead.