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When it comes to historical fiction, timing is everything. For his second novel, Jack Jewers returns to the 17th century and it’s hard to think of a better period in which to create drama. Just a coup...

Moonflower 3 September 2026 My thanks to Moonflower for my copy of this book January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades.  ...

About the Book January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades. But for Samuel Pepys, the darkest days are yet to come. When a strange young man turns up at his office on Seething Lane asking for help, Samuel Pepys is too distracted to take him seriously. Nell Gwyn is about to make her scandalous return to the stage and he wouldn't miss it for all the world.

Today, we have an excerpt from Seething Lane, the latest novel by London historian Jack Jewers, and the second book in the author’s Samuel Pepys mysteries. (The acclaimed first book, The Lost…

January 1670. London is freezing in its coldest winter in decades, but beneath the ice, a volatile mix of religious tension, dirty politics,...

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About the Book It is the summer of 1669 and England is in dire straits. The treasury’s coffers are bare and tensions with the powerful Dutch Republic are boiling over. And now, an investigato…

Pagans is something so fresh it feels like it has existed forever. It's a story where Christianity never took root in the UK, nor the rest of the world for that matter. As a result of the Norman robber barons not invading in 1066, the UK never wound up being united into a single country (hundreds of years later) but nor did Anglo-Saxon culture get eradicated by the Normans and their thieving buddies.