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Deborah Swift

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I am a novelist living in the Lake District in England. I write historical fiction but read widely - contemporary and classic fiction. I choose my books carefully, so I don't read many duds. If I do, they are not reviewed here, as a gesture of respect to other writers.

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Average rating: 4.2 · 20,047 ratings · 1,637 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Occupation (World War Two Sagas, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 2,997 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poison Keeper (Tofana, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,317 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady's Slipper (Westmorland, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,951 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silk Code (WW2 Secret Agent #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,463 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silkworm Keeper (Tofana, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 1,355 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gilded Lily (Westmorland #2) 3.97 avg rating — 1,201 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Divided Inheritance 4.15 avg rating — 1,148 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Tulip (WW2 Secret Agent, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Network (WW2 Secret Agent #2) 4.19 avg rating — 979 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lifeline (World War Two Sagas, #3) 4.46 avg rating — 848 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cairo Gambit by SW Perry #ARC #Review #Egypt

‘An enthralling thriller … hypnotically readable’ ANDREW TAYLOR

In the heat of the desert, will the trail go cold?

Cairo, 1938
Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he’s a missing person.

His daughter, Prim, hasn’t seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she’s never given up on him, and now she’s on her way to Cairo to ass

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Deborah Swift wrote a new blog post Cairo Gambit by SW Perry #ARC #Review #Egypt ‘An enthralling thriller … hypnotically readable’ ANDREW TAYLORIn the heat of the desert, will the trail go cold?Cairo, 1938Archie Nevenden is many th Read more of this blog post »
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Deborah Swift rated a book it was amazing Midnight in Vienna by Jane Thynne (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Midnight in Vienna takes place in 1938, with the threat of war looming. The main character, Stella Fry has been working in Vienna as a tutor for the children of a Jewish family, but is forced to leave her beloved Vienna when, under threat from the Na ...more
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Deborah Swift rated a book it was amazing The Lost Queen by Carol McGrath (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another strong novel by Carol McGrath told mostly through the eyes of two women – Berengaria of Navarre, (Richard the Lionheart’s wife) and Avelina of Middleton who sets out searching for her husband who was lost on a previous crusade, defending Outr ...more
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I thoroughly enjoyed this unusual novel about a gang of women in the 19th Century poverty-ridden streets of New York. Battle Annie, a woman of strong will and intelligence, is falsely accused of murder and must go on the lam. She was previously in tr ...more
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“o monachate. Marriage or the cloister, meaning women were either marriageable, and of value, or not. She’d wager there were more women in convents than fish in the sea. And far more nunneries than monasteries. So many women, and all of them forced to look up to Mary as their guiding star. And yet look at Mary’s life – a celebration of the fecund female; the Nativity, the Madonna and Child, and finally the Lamentation over her dead son, all experiences no nun could ever share. Nuns were to be denied all these states of womanly grace.”
― Deborah Swift, The Silkworm Keeper

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“My appreciation also goes to you my readers, as without you there would be little joy in writing these books. Thanks for letting me share my stories with you. Book”
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“the hallway, and avoided tripping over a cat that was watching the birds through the bars with needle-like attention.”
― Deborah Swift, The Fortune Keeper

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Which book would you like to read for our July 1 - September 30 History group read?

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran

26 votes, 48.1%

The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

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The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift

8 votes, 14.8%

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

7 votes, 13.0%

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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

tags: ghosts, haunt

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“The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground
While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: tao-te-ching, taoism

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“I’ve heard that sound near every night for twenty-odd years and never heeded it. How much she does, I mean. But this last week I’ve sat here and heard the sound of her; the sound of her chopping up food, the posher banging in the wash tub, the oven door opening and closing. She never stops. I hear it now. The sound of her loving.”
― Davina Blake, Past Encounters

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