Blogs in January 1970

The King’s Deception 1st January 1970

There is a secret from our history – 500 years old – startling in its revelations and devastating in its political impact. A secret that has, thankfully, stayed hidden. Until now. Former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone travels to...

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The House at Riverton 1st January 1970

Grace, erstwhile maid at Riverton Manor tells the story reflectively from a grand age. The story of a grand English country house, the home of Hannah and Emmiline Hartford. There is mystery and secrets, love, loss and tragedy. Here,...

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Shadow of Sounds 1st January 1970

The Glasgow Orchestra are rehearsing to perform, but little do they know of the sequence of events happening backstage. When George Millar, the orchestra’s leader, is brutally murdered in his dressing room, his colleagues are shocked. But the show...

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22 Britannia Road 1st January 1970

Novel set in Ipswich in 1946, Hodgkinson’s debut work movingly depicts how people try to return to normal life after a dreadful expereince. Janusz, a Polish soldier who spent the war apart from his wife and child, has set...

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Tennyson’s Gift 1st January 1970

In July 1864, a corner of the Isle of Wight is buzzing with literary and artistic creativity. A morose Tennyson is reciting ‘Maud’ to empty sofas: the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is white-washing the roses for visual effect and...

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