Blogs in January 1970

A Divided Inheritance 1st January 1970

~ London 1609 ~Elspet Leviston’s greatest ambition is to continue the success of her father Nathaniel’s lace business. But her dreams are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of her mysterious cousin Zachary Deane – who has his own...

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Little Wilson and Big God 1st January 1970

The first volume of the autobiography by Anthony Burgess tells of a disaffected Manchester Catholic from his birth in 1917. It is a candid book of confessions, evocative of English life up to the start of his career as...

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The Scarlet Kimono 1st January 1970

Abducted by a Samurai warlord in 17th-century Japan what happens when fear turns to love? England, 1611, and young Hannah Marston envies her brother’s adventurous life. But when she stows away on a merchant ship, her powers of endurance...

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Taunting the Dead 1st January 1970

Statistics say nine out of ten murders are committed by someone the victim knows. So when Steph Ryder is found dead with her head caved in, Detective Sergeant Allie Shenton begins investigations close to home, starting with the victim’s...

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What I Was 1st January 1970

I’d been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast, in a third. But without St Oswald’s, I would not have discovered the fisherman’s hut with...

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