Deborah Swift
@deborahswift.bsky.social
Northerner. Author of #HistoricalFiction - formerly known as @swiftstory on that other place - 21 books, keep changing historical eras, currently in the Renaissance THE CAMEO KEEPER out now!
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Last few days @ #99p #99c
'brings 17th Century Rome to life, a city filled with intrigue, religion, superstition and the beginnings of proper medical science' - latest review 📚⌛
#HistoricalFiction #HolidayReading #Booksky
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
'brings 17th Century Rome to life, a city filled with intrigue, religion, superstition and the beginnings of proper medical science' - latest review 📚⌛
#HistoricalFiction #HolidayReading #Booksky
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
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#NewRelease!
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#NewRelease!
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
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I'm delighted to welcome Deborah Swift and her new book, The Cameo Keeper, to the blog #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #GiuliaTofana #Poison #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
@swiftstory @cathiedunn @deborahswiftauthor @thecoffeepotbookclub
@swiftstory @cathiedunn @deborahswiftauthor @thecoffeepotbookclub
I’m delighted to welcome Deborah Swift and her new book, The Cameo Keeper, to the blog #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #GiuliaTofana #Poison #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
I'm delighted to welcome Deborah Swift and her new book, The Cameo Keeper, to the blog #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #GiuliaTofana #Poison #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
mjporterauthor.blog
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I'm delighted to welcome Deborah Swift and her new book, The Cameo Keeper, to the blog #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #GiuliaTofana #Poison #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
@swiftstory @cathiedunn @deborahswiftauthor @thecoffeepotbookclub
@swiftstory @cathiedunn @deborahswiftauthor @thecoffeepotbookclub
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According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, there is a saying that you can predict the number of snow storms based on the date of the first snowfall.
So here in Newcastle, we had snow on the 19th, meaning 19 more snowstorms before the end of winter!
So here in Newcastle, we had snow on the 19th, meaning 19 more snowstorms before the end of winter!
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, there is a saying that you can predict the number of snow storms based on the date of the first snowfall.
So here in Newcastle, we had snow on the 19th, meaning 19 more snowstorms before the end of winter!
So here in Newcastle, we had snow on the 19th, meaning 19 more snowstorms before the end of winter!
'an engaging set of characters and a Rome where wealth and power lives side by side with squalor and the open sewer that is the Tiber River' - Read Anna Belfrage's review on her blog Stolen Moments today. #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction ⌛📚 www.annabelfrage.com/2025/11/20/t...
The Cameo Keeper - diving into 17th century Rome with Deborah Swift - Anna Belfrage
Today, I am happy to host Deborah Swift and her latest release, The Cameo Keeper as part of her Coffee Pot Book Club tour. Think Rome, think 17th century, and no, you do not get a pristine, tourist-fr...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
'an engaging set of characters and a Rome where wealth and power lives side by side with squalor and the open sewer that is the Tiber River' - Read Anna Belfrage's review on her blog Stolen Moments today. #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction ⌛📚 www.annabelfrage.com/2025/11/20/t...
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Queen Mary I - 'The author gets to the heart of Mary the girl, Mary the woman.' - Review
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##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##Audible ##KU
http://mybook.to/thw
##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##Audible ##KU
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Queen Mary I - 'The author gets to the heart of Mary the girl, Mary the woman.' - Review
http://mybook.to/thw
##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##Audible ##KU
http://mybook.to/thw
##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##Audible ##KU
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#adventure in #RomanBritain
"...an excellent job of depicting the Romano-British world in the Celtic Fervour series."
The Brigante family rebels against Roman domination...
#HistoricalFiction war saga in Brigantian and Caledonia
Read FREE with #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/CFSpreq
"...an excellent job of depicting the Romano-British world in the Celtic Fervour series."
The Brigante family rebels against Roman domination...
#HistoricalFiction war saga in Brigantian and Caledonia
Read FREE with #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/CFSpreq
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#adventure in #RomanBritain
"...an excellent job of depicting the Romano-British world in the Celtic Fervour series."
The Brigante family rebels against Roman domination...
#HistoricalFiction war saga in Brigantian and Caledonia
Read FREE with #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/CFSpreq
"...an excellent job of depicting the Romano-British world in the Celtic Fervour series."
The Brigante family rebels against Roman domination...
#HistoricalFiction war saga in Brigantian and Caledonia
Read FREE with #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/CFSpreq
Last few days @ #99p #99c
'brings 17th Century Rome to life, a city filled with intrigue, religion, superstition and the beginnings of proper medical science' - latest review 📚⌛
#HistoricalFiction #HolidayReading #Booksky
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
'brings 17th Century Rome to life, a city filled with intrigue, religion, superstition and the beginnings of proper medical science' - latest review 📚⌛
#HistoricalFiction #HolidayReading #Booksky
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Last few days @ #99p #99c
'brings 17th Century Rome to life, a city filled with intrigue, religion, superstition and the beginnings of proper medical science' - latest review 📚⌛
#HistoricalFiction #HolidayReading #Booksky
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
'brings 17th Century Rome to life, a city filled with intrigue, religion, superstition and the beginnings of proper medical science' - latest review 📚⌛
#HistoricalFiction #HolidayReading #Booksky
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
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🔥 Ambition. Loyalty. Betrayal: ‘Essex – Tudor Rebel’ brings to life the gripping true story of Robert Devereux, the charismatic Earl who defied Elizabeth I.
mybook.to/EssexTudorRe...
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🔥 Ambition. Loyalty. Betrayal: ‘Essex – Tudor Rebel’ brings to life the gripping true story of Robert Devereux, the charismatic Earl who defied Elizabeth I.
mybook.to/EssexTudorRe...
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
mybook.to/EssexTudorRe...
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
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Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
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TOO FAR STANDING STILL 🏙
"The complexities of the characters' baser emotions and desires are carefully crafted to lend an unexpected depth. … The author allows the reader to inhabit the world of the main characters from their unique and often disturbing perspective."
mybook.to/TFSS 📗
#KU ❇️
"The complexities of the characters' baser emotions and desires are carefully crafted to lend an unexpected depth. … The author allows the reader to inhabit the world of the main characters from their unique and often disturbing perspective."
mybook.to/TFSS 📗
#KU ❇️
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
TOO FAR STANDING STILL 🏙
"The complexities of the characters' baser emotions and desires are carefully crafted to lend an unexpected depth. … The author allows the reader to inhabit the world of the main characters from their unique and often disturbing perspective."
mybook.to/TFSS 📗
#KU ❇️
"The complexities of the characters' baser emotions and desires are carefully crafted to lend an unexpected depth. … The author allows the reader to inhabit the world of the main characters from their unique and often disturbing perspective."
mybook.to/TFSS 📗
#KU ❇️
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“LAURA” (1944) dir. Otto Preminger
Gene Tierney #BOTD (1920)
Clifton Webb #BOTD (1889)
Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
Gene Tierney #BOTD (1920)
Clifton Webb #BOTD (1889)
Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“LAURA” (1944) dir. Otto Preminger
Gene Tierney #BOTD (1920)
Clifton Webb #BOTD (1889)
Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
Gene Tierney #BOTD (1920)
Clifton Webb #BOTD (1889)
Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
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The world of the apothecary is one of healing and hidden danger. Enter Renaissance Rome - a time of medicine and miracles.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'richly imagined and superbly researched' - latest reader review #HistoricalFiction #Apothecary #Italy
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'richly imagined and superbly researched' - latest reader review #HistoricalFiction #Apothecary #Italy
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The world of the apothecary is one of healing and hidden danger. Enter Renaissance Rome - a time of medicine and miracles.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'richly imagined and superbly researched' - latest reader review #HistoricalFiction #Apothecary #Italy
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'richly imagined and superbly researched' - latest reader review #HistoricalFiction #Apothecary #Italy
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
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A Swedish Fairy Tale http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=23889&viewType=detailView
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
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Worth a read - a fair summary of what's going on out there. Currently one keeps emailing me to say I haven't replied and asking me to say yes or no. I didn't ask for their email in the first place. They don't deserve a response and responding to them just encourages the "Tribbles" to breed.
Here's an excellent article that was just shared with me about the latest scams aimed at writers. Read on, "great author"...
#aspiringwriter #authorlife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity
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#aspiringwriter #authorlife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity
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Update on those flattering AI book marketing scams
Those AI book marketing scams are proliferating like Tribbles. Here are the new variations authors are getting now.
annerallen.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Worth a read - a fair summary of what's going on out there. Currently one keeps emailing me to say I haven't replied and asking me to say yes or no. I didn't ask for their email in the first place. They don't deserve a response and responding to them just encourages the "Tribbles" to breed.
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#writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #authorsky #indieauthor inventingrealityediting.com/2...
Your Protagonist Must Solve the Story’s Problem
Among the big mistakes novice writers make is they don’t allow their protagonist to solve the story’s central problem.A story always is structured around the main character overcoming some con…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"a fascinating tale of tradition, intrigue, secrets and treachery and captured my interest from the outset" - thanks to Joanne Peters for this lovely review. Read full review here: #RaclelsRandomResources #Italy #Renaissance #Blog #Review pickledthoughtsandpinot.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/b...
** Blog Tour ** The Cameo Keeper- Deborah Swift
I’m delighted to be today’s stop on the blog tour for ‘The Cameo Keeper.’ Rome 1644: A Novel of Love, Power, and Poison Remember tonight… for it is the beginning of always ― …
pickledthoughtsandpinot.wordpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"a fascinating tale of tradition, intrigue, secrets and treachery and captured my interest from the outset" - thanks to Joanne Peters for this lovely review. Read full review here: #RaclelsRandomResources #Italy #Renaissance #Blog #Review pickledthoughtsandpinot.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/b...
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The Poison Keeper - the story of Giulia Tofana, Italy's most famous poisoner. #HistoricalFiction #BookTwitter
One drop to cure.
Three drops to kill.
Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
mybook.to/PoisonKeeper
One drop to cure.
Three drops to kill.
Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
mybook.to/PoisonKeeper
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The Poison Keeper - the story of Giulia Tofana, Italy's most famous poisoner. #HistoricalFiction #BookTwitter
One drop to cure.
Three drops to kill.
Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
mybook.to/PoisonKeeper
One drop to cure.
Three drops to kill.
Wishing Shelf Book of the Decade.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
mybook.to/PoisonKeeper
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Had such a fabulous time chatting with Carol Ann Lloyd about Scotland's Medieval Queens; who they were and the impact they had on history.
And if you are in the US, Scotland's Medieval Queens is on a special discount at the minute, at under $5
#medievalsky
open.spotify.com/episode/4Rb2...
And if you are in the US, Scotland's Medieval Queens is on a special discount at the minute, at under $5
#medievalsky
open.spotify.com/episode/4Rb2...
Medieval Queens of Scots with Sharon Bennett Connolly (ep 233)
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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Had such a fabulous time chatting with Carol Ann Lloyd about Scotland's Medieval Queens; who they were and the impact they had on history.
And if you are in the US, Scotland's Medieval Queens is on a special discount at the minute, at under $5
#medievalsky
open.spotify.com/episode/4Rb2...
And if you are in the US, Scotland's Medieval Queens is on a special discount at the minute, at under $5
#medievalsky
open.spotify.com/episode/4Rb2...
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Final weeks before CITY OF VENGEANCE was published:
9: Preview in @thebookseller.com listings
10: Signing 1300 tip-in sheets at home
11: Merch for a pandemic
12: Virtual launch event thanks to @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social, @furtherfrom.bsky.social & my local indie, Atkinson-Pryce Books - grazie!
9: Preview in @thebookseller.com listings
10: Signing 1300 tip-in sheets at home
11: Merch for a pandemic
12: Virtual launch event thanks to @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social, @furtherfrom.bsky.social & my local indie, Atkinson-Pryce Books - grazie!
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Final weeks before CITY OF VENGEANCE was published:
9: Preview in @thebookseller.com listings
10: Signing 1300 tip-in sheets at home
11: Merch for a pandemic
12: Virtual launch event thanks to @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social, @furtherfrom.bsky.social & my local indie, Atkinson-Pryce Books - grazie!
9: Preview in @thebookseller.com listings
10: Signing 1300 tip-in sheets at home
11: Merch for a pandemic
12: Virtual launch event thanks to @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social, @furtherfrom.bsky.social & my local indie, Atkinson-Pryce Books - grazie!
#NewRelease!
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#NewRelease!
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
#99p #99c #KindleUnlimited
"richly imagined and superbly researched. I loved this book" latest reader review
Take yourself to Renaissance Rome in the company of cardinals and courtesans, healers and double-dealers.
mybook.to/CameoKeeper
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It started with a dance in Stirling Castle's great hall; where will it end?
Travel to the time of the border reivers, and meet Lachlan and Avelina...
www.amazon.co.uk/Warriors-Pri...
#historicalfiction #historicalromance #histfic #booksky #amreading #readingromance
Travel to the time of the border reivers, and meet Lachlan and Avelina...
www.amazon.co.uk/Warriors-Pri...
#historicalfiction #historicalromance #histfic #booksky #amreading #readingromance
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It started with a dance in Stirling Castle's great hall; where will it end?
Travel to the time of the border reivers, and meet Lachlan and Avelina...
www.amazon.co.uk/Warriors-Pri...
#historicalfiction #historicalromance #histfic #booksky #amreading #readingromance
Travel to the time of the border reivers, and meet Lachlan and Avelina...
www.amazon.co.uk/Warriors-Pri...
#historicalfiction #historicalromance #histfic #booksky #amreading #readingromance
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"the writing is just magical and carries you away right into the period. Every single detail and word feels perfect." ##Review
http://mybook.to/tkoc2
##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##AnneBoleyn ##KU ##BooksWorthReading ##WomensHistory
http://mybook.to/tkoc2
##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##AnneBoleyn ##KU ##BooksWorthReading ##WomensHistory
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"the writing is just magical and carries you away right into the period. Every single detail and word feels perfect." ##Review
http://mybook.to/tkoc2
##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##AnneBoleyn ##KU ##BooksWorthReading ##WomensHistory
http://mybook.to/tkoc2
##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##AnneBoleyn ##KU ##BooksWorthReading ##WomensHistory
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Today's #bargain #99p #Kindle book is Before Beltane!
CE 71- Set in the lands of the Brigantes and the Selgovae tribes.
How can Lorcan support King Venutius?
Can Nara survive when her druid priestess future is in tatters?
getbook.at/BBherenow
CE 71- Set in the lands of the Brigantes and the Selgovae tribes.
How can Lorcan support King Venutius?
Can Nara survive when her druid priestess future is in tatters?
getbook.at/BBherenow
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Today's #bargain #99p #Kindle book is Before Beltane!
CE 71- Set in the lands of the Brigantes and the Selgovae tribes.
How can Lorcan support King Venutius?
Can Nara survive when her druid priestess future is in tatters?
getbook.at/BBherenow
CE 71- Set in the lands of the Brigantes and the Selgovae tribes.
How can Lorcan support King Venutius?
Can Nara survive when her druid priestess future is in tatters?
getbook.at/BBherenow
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#NewRelease!
Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #Histfic
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Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #Histfic
📚💙📚💙📚
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The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8)
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November 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#NewRelease!
Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #Histfic
📚💙📚💙📚
www.amazon.com/Narrowness-D...
Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #Histfic
📚💙📚💙📚
www.amazon.com/Narrowness-D...