Blogs in January 1970

London 1st January 1970

London has perhaps the most remarkable history of any city in the world. Now its story has a unique voice. In this epic novel Edward Rutherfurd takes the reader on a magnificent journey across sixteen centuries from the days...

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Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend 1st January 1970

A student flat on the Old Kent Road (look it up on the Monopoly Board if you aren’t familiar with it!). Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town – she knows all the right people, goes to all the...

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The Return of Captain John Emmett 1st January 1970

Laurence Bartram life changed forever after the horrors of the Western Front, and lost his wife in childbirth. Returning home, he has little left. He receives a letter from Mary, who is the sister of his erstwhile schoolfriend, John...

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Underground London 1st January 1970

History has never been so vivid with the sights and sounds of London gone by echoing in every page, in this subterranean exploration of London’s “tube”.

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Diamond Street 1st January 1970

Second book in a trilogy featuring London streets. Intimately connected to the area both personally (her family run a jewellery business there) and professionally (as an artist archivist of London’s streets), Rachel Lichtenstein is uniquely placed to explore the...

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