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April Giveaway!

25 April 2017 By Editor

Two fantastic books up for grabs this month! Win a copy of The Third Nero, the latest in the Flavia Albia series from Lindsey Davis AND a copy of The Tyrant’s Shadow, the brand new novel from Antonia Senior.  Read more about The Third Nero. Read more about The Tyrant’s Shadow. Just follow the instructions below to […]

Historia Interviews: Antonia Senior

5 April 2017 By Elizabeth Fremantle

Antonia Senior talks to Elizabeth Fremantle about her new novel The Tyrant’s Shadow. The Tyrant’s Shadow follows on from the events of your previous novel Treason’s Daughter, was it always your intention to write more than one book with these characters? I had intended to write only one book. It was my then editor’s idea […]

The Tyrant’s Shadow by Antonia Senior

30 March 2017 By Elizabeth Fremantle

Revisiting characters from the critically acclaimed Treason’s Daughter, Antonia Senior has set her new novel, The Tyrant’s Shadow, some years later in the wake of the English Civil Wars. This series of brutal conflicts has left no family untouched by tragedy and division. The country is reeling, religious sects await the second coming and power […]

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