Laura Purcell

• Oct-2012
• / General Fiction
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London, 1788. The calm order of Queen Charlotte's court is shattered by screams. Her beloved husband, England's King, has gone mad. Left alone with thirteen children and a country at war, Charlotte must fight to hold her husband's throne in a time of...

• Nov-2014
• / Historical
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An emotional tale based on historical fact imagining the impact of King George III's madness on the lives of his wife and daughters   London 1788: the calm order of Queen Charlotte's court is shattered by screams. The King of Eng...

• May-2016
• / Historical
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Trapped in an abusive marriage, Henrietta Howard stakes everything on a new life in Hanover with its royal family, heirs to the British throne. Her beauty and intelligence win her the friendship of clever Princess Caroline and her mercurial husband, ...

• Mar-2018
• / Historical
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When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband’s crumbling country estate, what greets her is far from the life of wealth and privilege she was expecting . . . When Elsie married handsome young he...

• Sep-2018
• / Mystery
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The new Victorian chiller from the author of Radio 2 Book Club pick, The Silent Companions. Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visitor and prisoner. Powerful and powerless. Dorothea Truelo...

• Jun-2019
• / Gothic
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A thrilling Victorian gothic horror tale about a young seamstress who claims her needle and thread have the power to kill Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy, and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor, and awaiting trial for murder. When Dor...

• Sep-2019
• / Historical
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The new historical chiller from the author of The Silent Companions and The Corset. Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convi...

• Jun-2020
• / Historical
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A gothic tale set in a rambling house by the sea in which a maid cares for a mute old woman with a mysterious past, alongside her superstitious staff--from the author of The Silent Companions.A perfect spooky read!Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinec...

• Jun-2021
• / Historical
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Edgar Award FinalistA struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead - and to try and identify their killers - in this beguiling new tale from the queen of Gothic fiction, Laura P...

• Sep-2021
• / General Fiction
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• May-2023
• / General Fiction
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Dark tales inspired by J. M. Barrie's classic stories of Neverland, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, and of course Peter Pan, from some the masters of science-fiction, horror and fantasy including A. C. Wise, Claire North, Lavie Tidhar and more.The award-wi...