Elizabeth St.John
Elizabeth St.John

Historical Fiction. Women's Truth.

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    • Storks in a Blue Sky | Atmospheric Regency Romance by Carole Anne Dobson
    • Till Taught by Pain | Fascinating Medical Historical Fiction by Susan Coventry
    • Poinsettia Girl by Jennifer Wizbowski | Eloquent Historical Fiction set in Renaissance Venice
    • Annie’s Secret | The Latest Victorian Historical Romance in the Hartford Manor Series by Marcia Clayton
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The Lydiard Women: True Life Stories that Inspired Historical Fiction

Grave Surveys and Four Hundred Years of Wills in The Lydiard Archives

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EXPLORE STORIES: HISTORY’S FORGOTTEN WOMEN

If you knew the fate of the Princes in the Tower would you tell? Or forever keep the secret?

One woman’s quest for a truth that could change a nation: the discovery of the Missing Princes.

Amid the chaos of war, she challenges her family’s divided loyalties and love to survive.

The spymistress, the courtier, the rebel. Three women navigate love, ambition, and sacrifice.

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AUTHOR CHATS: FAVOURITES AND NEW RELEASES

  • Storks in a Blue Sky | Atmospheric Regency Romance by Carole Anne Dobson
  • Till Taught by Pain | Fascinating Medical Historical Fiction by Susan Coventry
  • Poinsettia Girl by Jennifer Wizbowski | Eloquent Historical Fiction set in Renaissance Venice
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BEHIND THE SCENES: SHARING RESEARCH DISCOVERIES

 

  • A Hidden History of Secrets, Spies and Intelligencers Investigating the Missing Princes
  • A Royal Favourite: The Love Letters Between Queen Mary and Franny Apsley that Inspired “The King’s Intelligencer”
  • Women as Healers of Conflict: Keeping Families Together in a Divided World
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