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Historia Q&A: Juliet West

26 July 2018 By Juliet West

Juliet West is the author of Before the Fall and The Faithful; the latter has been picked as a top summer read in Prima, Red and Good Housekeeping magazines and is out in paperback on 26 July 2018.  What is your earliest memory? Helping my little brother to walk down the stairs. I might have […]

The Faithful by Juliet West

30 June 2017 By Essie Fox

The Faithful is a compelling read where intimate personal narratives are influenced by historical events leading up to World War II. At the centre of the novel is the character of Hazel, to whom we are first introduced in the summer of 1935. By this time in the teenaged Hazel’s life her well-to-do parents have […]

June Giveaway!

15 June 2017 By Editor

Three fantastic new releases up for grabs this month. Win a copy of The Faithful, the brand new novel from Juliet West, historian Clare Mulley’s latest, The Women Who Flew For Hitler, and At First Light, Vanessa Lafaye’s follow up to her debut hit Summertime. Read more about The Faithful. Read more about The Women Who Flew For Hitler. Read […]

Historia Interviews: Juliet West and Vanessa Lafaye

7 June 2017 By Editor

Juliet West and Vanessa Lafaye discuss the dark political backdrops to their new novels, The Faithful and At First Light. Both books are love stories which explore ‘inconvenient history’: episodes which have slipped from the collective consciousness because they expose uncomfortable truths about society. Vanessa: We both decided to dramatise events which have been shoved […]

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