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William Alexander

William Alexander is the bestselling author of two critically acclaimed books about the quest for the perfect garden The $64 Tomato and the perfect loaf of bread 52 Loaves.

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Beneath the floorboards of a ruined house, an 18th

Beneath the floorboards of a ruined house, an 18th-century memoir is discovered. It reveals the life story of William Congreve, the acclaimed English playwright. The lost manuscript is penned by his faithful servant, Jeremy, who tells how they lived together through fierce political division and triumphal nationalism in that era of war with France, the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution.

Published this week. 📘

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Who wants to read this stunning new #historicalfic

Who wants to read this stunning new #historicalfiction title?

1665. London. Plague. Alethea is cast out on the streets of London. Home — Measham Hall in Derbyshire — seems a long way away...

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‘The Master of Measham Hall’. Published July 2021.

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If you like Bridget Jones, you'll like this book.

If you like Bridget Jones, you'll like this book. 😍

A touching, honest and laugh-out-loud account of what it’s like to become an older first-time mum.

“I have laughed out loud with tears streaming down my face and snot coming out my nose... that’s how funny this book is! @NetGalley review

By the wonderful Cari Rosen, @cazroz.

We've had so many wonderful reviews for this book so far – thank you everyone! 💛

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Highly-anticipated #HistFic #historicalfiction tit

Highly-anticipated #HistFic #historicalfiction title 'A Mirror for Monkeys' by winner of the @walterscottprize, John Spurling.

Set in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, it brings to life historical figures Congreve, Dryden, Swift, Pope and Lady Montagu as never before.

Now on NetGalley: http://netgal.ly/hsIkII

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It's publication day! #TheSecretDiaryofaNewMum by

It's publication day!

#TheSecretDiaryofaNewMum by @cazroz
is available wherever you buy your books.

"Sparky, funny and brutally honest" – Lissa Evans

"A must-read for all mums-to-be." – Nina Potell

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#TheShadowyThird is out now. 🧡❤️🖤 A ra

#TheShadowyThird is out now.

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A rare blend of literary biography and family secrets at the centre of a love triangle between famed author Elizabeth Bowen and the author’s grandfather.

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‘A fascinating and moving portrait of love, loyalty and infidelity.’ Sarah Waters

A sudden death in the family delivers Julia Parry a box of love letters. Dusty with age, they reveal an illicit affair between the celebrated Irish novelist, Elizabeth Bowen, and the academic Humphry House – Julia’s grandfather. So begins a life-changing quest to discover and understand this affair, one with profound repercussions for Julia’s family, not least her grandmother, Madeline.

Using fascinating unpublished correspondence, Julia follows the lives of three very different characters through some of the most dramatic decades of the twentieth century: from the rarefied air of Oxford in the 1930s and the Anglo-Irish Big House, to the last days of Empire in India and into the Second World War. The story opens up a lost world, one with complex and often surprising attitudes to love and sex, work and home, duty and ambition, and to writing itself, spiced throughout with social history and a celebrated supporting cast that includes Isaiah Berlin and Virginia Woolf.

Inspired by Bowen’s own obsession with place and memory, Julia travels to all the locations in the letters – from Kolkata to Cambridge; from Ireland to Texas weaving present-day storytelling with historical narrative and literary exploration.

From an assured, elegant new voice, The Shadowy Third is a beautifully written investigation of family, love, and the lasting power of literature.

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