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The Key In The Lock by Beth Underdown

2 February 2023 By Editor

The Great War is ending, but it has taken Ivy’s son. Ivy is consumed by discovering what happened to her boy out there in the trenches, while her husband only wants to forget. Then a man comes back into Ivy’s life who can help her find out. A man who once stole Ivy’s heart. A […]

The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown

13 January 2022 By Editor

“I still dream, every night, of Polneath on fire…” By day, Ivy Boscawen mourns the loss of her son Tim in the Great War. But by night she mourns another boy – one whose death decades ago haunts her still. For Ivy is sure that there is more to what happened all those years ago: […]

History by the River March 18

26 February 2018 By Editor

History by the River is a monthly panel event with a social buzz for lovers of books, history and good beer. It’s a chance to get together with fellow readers and authors to hear about the best new historical writing, then discuss it all over a drink afterwards. With the hottest historical debut talent of […]

Historia Interviews: Beth Underdown

4 September 2017 By Editor

In a new series of interviews Historia editor Katherine Clements chats with the authors shortlisted for the 2017 HWA Crown Awards. First up, Debut Crown nominee Beth Underdown talks about her novel, The Witchfinder’s Sister. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? Always. Most of […]

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