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Sophie Perinot

@sophieperinot.bsky.social
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Multi-published historical novelist and very modern woman. Dipping a toe into Crime Fiction as Evie Hawtrey

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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Louis IX of France, is considered one of the greatest monarchs of the 13th cen. He was spoken of as “saintly” during his lifetime, and after he died the Catholic Church made it official. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐈’𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐧. #historicalfiction sophieperinot.com/book/the-sis...
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ON THIS DAY IN HERSTORY, A great light has gone out. May her memory be a blessing. #womenshistory #womenleaders #moonlanding #onthisdayinherstory
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's the ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN’S MARCH ON VERSAILLES. On October 5th-6th 1789 Thousands of Parisian women—Including a character from RIBBONS OF SCARLET—marched on the Palace of Versailles & forced the Royals back to Paris. #historicalfiction #frenchrevolution #womenshistory #catswhoread
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I love my cats but Fluffy seems to be under the impression that she is my assistant. Today she stepped on my keyboard while I was taking research notes she wiggled past me and tap danced on my keyboard. Thank heavens for "undo!" #historicalfiction #writerslife #cats
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Autumn is here again! Besides being my favorite season, it is the setting for Evie-me's #crimefiction novel AND BY FIRE. I just can't help sniffing the air and wondering what that scent is behind the campfire smoke and the burning leaves ;) #booktrailer #historicalmystery
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The mother/daughter relationship is always perilous. Her Mother is Queen Catherine de Médicis. This fall visit the palaces of the Loire with Princess Marguerite de Valois. But be careful, her mother is always plotting something . . . a wrong move could be your last. #historicalfiction #catswhoread
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I created this illustrated quote yesterday, searching my novel for the scene. In the shadow of the Cornell scandal I felt the only #illustratedquote I could share this Monday needed to come from the moment that Princess Margot narrowly escaped being a victim of sexual assault. #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Why York?"--I get asked that A LOT about my recent relocation to the glorious north of the UK> Today's blog relates to one of my reasons--"lingering over tea." sophieperinot.com/fancy-a-fanc... #historicalfiction #authorslife
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Fancy a Fancy Cuppa? - Sophie Perinot
Fancy a fancy cuppa? When I talk about why I chose York as my new(ish) home I always mention the joys of “living in history, lingering over teas and knocking … Continue reading Fancy a Fancy Cuppa?
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At no point yesterday did I expect to run into Henry III ( Eleanor's husband and my favorite of the two kings in my novel THE SISTER QUEENS)! Then I walked into the York train station and looked up at this billboard! YET ONE MORE REASON I LOVE YORK! #historicalfiction #York #authorslife
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Catherine de Médicis was ruthless. I am sure she told herself she was protecting the family line, but the truth was more complicated--she was guarding her own power which was significant during her sons reigns. Her daughters were important only as chits in political negotiations. #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As working-class people laud billionaires & inexplicably believe the top 1% will make their lives better 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲. The 7-day work week, child labor didn't end because of largess of factory owners. They ended because laborers fought 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 . . . 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗳𝗳𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 MC in 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀! 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗫𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗠 and she’s eating it up (not literally—no page chewing. @alisonmorton.bsky.social #historicalfiction #catswhoread
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My friend &fellow #historicalfiction writer @nancycb.bsky.social has a novel today! "The Heiress of Northanger Abbey" is a sequel to Jane Austen's classic, set 22 yrs later. Catherine Tilney is living happily-ever-after. Until her busy life shattered by a letter resurrecting her darkest fears.
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Laurie is an adventurer but this game of “the floor is Lava” may be 1step too far. He LOVED our 6-author novel—A DAY OF FIRE: A NOVEL OF POMPEII—but was disappointed that no cats were featured. I explained few cat remains were found. Why? Cat Link: bit.ly/4wKOniJ #catswhoread #historicalfiction
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Christopher M. Cevasco @cmcevasco.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Had a great time at the @hns2026.bsky.social conference in Ireland this weekend. 🇮🇪 More to follow, but here are some photos of the talk I presented with @sophieperinot.bsky.social & @bymichellemoran.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who came to our session! #HistoricalFiction #BookSky #HNS2026
Three seated panelists smile for the camera as the panel moderator stands alongside.Three seated panelists present a talk.Panel backdrop. Text reads HNS 2026 Maynooth / Christopher Cevasco / Michelle Moran / Sophie Perinot / Confronting the Legend (with cover images of these books: The Boar Foretold by Christopher Cevasco, Nefertiti by Michelle Moran, Médicis Daughter by Sophie Perinot)Three standing panelists posing for a photo.
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ANYONE UP FOR MORE #catswhoread? This 1 is specifically for @sjaturney.bsky.social NOT just because it is his novel, but because he pointed out that #catswhoread can be broken down in two ways—cats who read, and cats wh*re ad. Today’s kitties eager to enjoy Simon’s THE PRINCE. #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In today’s episode of #catswhoread I am paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Fluffy, who, quite naturally, prefers #historicalfiction about royals. Good thing her human mom writes that 😉 #authorlife
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Laurie is my featured cat today. Little known fact, Laurie loves a good mystery in real life like "who threw up in the kitchen?" ("not me Mom"). He's also a fan in the realm of literature. Here he is reading Dorothy Sayers. #catswhoread #MysterySeries #mysterynovel #catlovers
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We all know #cats are more interesting and popular than people (at least than me). So I've decided to start a new collection of posts called #catswhoread. Not all the books will be #historicalfiction and not all the kitties will be mine. Follow along and add your own kitties!!!
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today we mark (because celebrate would be a totally inappropriate word) the marriage of Marguerite de Valois to Henri of Navarre (who would eventually become Henri IV of France). #historicalfiction #thisdayinherstory #thisdayinhistory LINK sophieperinot.com/on-this-day-...
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Evie-me was in the mood to make an illuatrated quote this morning. If you like 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 check out 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄. #historicalmystery #crimefiction #illustratedquote
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1 wk from today I'll be heading to Dublin for HNS 2026 #historicalnovelsociety. Very excited to see how things are done on this side of the pond. I am on a panel with @bymichellemoran.bsky.social and Chris Cevasco. So if you are one of the 249 non-me attendees, maybe check us out? #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It seems my original book-baby, THE SISTER QUEENS is having a moment. Just got my figures, and sales spiked in July. To Marguerite and Eleanor I say "that's my girls." I am so happy that readers are still discovering the story of these two remarkable women. #historicalfiction #WomenInHistory
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My series of A DAY OF FIRE illustrated quotes has drawn to a close. Did you miss one? Want to read them again? Here's a video collection. #historicalfiction #ancientrome #pompeii
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
6 authors; 6 stories, 1 novel of the memorable last days, hours and moments of Pompeii. Here is the final illustrated quote in my series from A DAY OF FIRE . . . . #historicalfiction #pompeii
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
DAY 5 of AND BY FIRE QUOTES is from Eliza Knight's heartbreaking tale of "The Mother." A woman faced with trying to control the only thing that might be within her grasp. #historicalfiction #AncientRome #pompeii #illustratedquotes @elizaknight.bsky.social
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/07/2026
‘The majority is no longer young. Older generations can and do outvote younger ones. Having elderly representatives no longer looks like a check on anything. It is more like another finger on an unbalanced scale.’ David Runciman on gerontocracy. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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David Runciman · The Cult of Longevity
We don’t have a politics of what works so much as a politics of what older citizens won’t notice. All human beings...
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
DAY 4--this A DAY OF FIRE quote is from Kate Quinn's "The Senator." Readers of Kate's "Empress of the Seven Hills" will recognize the main character and cheer to see him back on the page again and in the spotlight. #historicalfiction #AncientHistory #ancientrome #illustratedquotes
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Some author friends and I were remarking today that the social media posts that get the most notice are not about our books but about our pets. Voila--I caught the kitties reading #crimefiction by my alter-ego, Evie Hawtrey. A dual-timeline story with twisty #historicalmystery in it. #cats
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Day 3 / Illustrated Quotes from A DAY OF FIRE: A NOVEL OF POMPEII. This one is from Ben Kane's marvelous story, "The Soldier." 🔥🔥A DAY OF FIRE 🔥🔥 Amazon: www.amazon.com/Day-Fire-nov... Bookshop.org bookshop.org/books/a-day-... #historicalfiction #AncientHistory #ancientrome #illustratedquotes
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Day 2 of A DAY OF FIRE Illustrated Quotes--this one is personal. I wrote THE HEIRESS. Love my heroine, Aemilia, for her fierceness. But I might love Sabinus more. In him I created the sort of man I admire. #HistoricalFiction #pompeii #ancientrome www.amazon.com/Day-Fire-nov...
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
AS PROMISED (or threatened) today I am starting my 6-day run of A DAY OF FIRE illustrated quotes. The Opening story was written by Vicky Alvear. #ancientrome #HistoricalFiction #IllustratedQuote 🔥🔥A DAY OF FIRE 🔥🔥 Amazon: www.amazon.com/Day-Fire-nov... Bookshop.org bookshop.org/books/a-day-...
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Because as a writer I seek to reintroduce or rehabilitate figures forgotten or misrepresented in history, Princess Margot meant everything to me as I crafted MEDICIS DAUGHTER. Never viewed as more than a pawn, she was defamed by history. #HistoricalFiction sophieperinot.com/illustrated-...
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This summer visit the palaces of the Loire valley with Princess Marguerite de Valois. But if you are invited to Margot's wedding (she's in love with the Duc de Guise, but will marry Henri of Navarre) you’d better dress for a massacre as well as dancing. #historicalfiction bit.ly/MEDICIS_DAUG...
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hey my friends in #yorkuk and my other UK readers . . . Now that I've moved to England I am eager to raise my profile in my new home. So if you've read Evie Hawtrey me, please let me know what you thought and consider leaving a review. #crimefiction #historicalmystery #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I've started a new catagory of brief blog posts for #historicafiction and #historylover alike, called WHY YORK? Today I am taking about the the city walls. sophieperinot.com/living-in-hi...
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Living In History - Sophie Perinot
When I first announced my aspiration (grant of a UK Talent Visa in Litearture permitting) to live in York, UK, a whole lot of people asked me “Why York?” Some … Continue reading Living In History
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Three weeks from today I will be back in York and over my jet-lag. I will miss my kiddos here in the states, but the truth is the York lifestyle is darn near perfect for writers of #historicafiction. Everyday there I live in history. I've never written anything set there. Maybe I should. #YorkUK
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I am delighted to be part of my good friend @nancycb.bsky.social COVER REVEAL FOR “The Heiress of Northanger Abbey,” a Gothic historical mystery and a sequel to Jane Austen's classic that finds Catherine Tilney fighting to protect her daughter from fortune hunters. #historicalfiction #coverreveal
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
June 12, 1248: King Louis IX takes the pilgrim staff, confirming that he'll go on crusade. His wife (THE SISTER QUEENS) will go as well. Marguerite could not know at that moment the endeavor would take 6 years & result in her ransoming her husband only hrs after giving birth. #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I've always believed fiction helps us see things clearly that we might otherwise ignore or deny by placing those feelings or occurrences at a "safe distance". In #HistoricalFiction that distance is measured in years, but the key human needs, dreams and failures remain remarkably similar. #authorlife
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
For Marguerite of Provence, accompanying her husband King Louis on crusade meant leaving her three children behind. As she departed she had no idea that it would be a long SIX years before she would see them again. What a terrible sacrifice. #historicalfiction #crusades
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
June 4th 1249—8 days short of the 1-yr anniversary King Louis IX taking the pilgrim staff at St. Denis—Marguerite of Provence, Queen of France one of two main characters in THE SISTER QUEENS—spots the outline of Damietta from her ship. #historicalfiction #onthisdayinhistory www.sophieperinot.com
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Folks forget Christopher Wren was neither a "Sir" nor a well known architect when he designed a replacement for the St. Paul's the Great Fire of London had eaten. Wren's desire to create a new St P's features in my dual-timeline #crimefiction AND BY FIRE (written as Evie Hawtrey) #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
THIS is why historical novelists / history nerds hangout together. My good friend & fellow #historicalnovelist Simon Turney was at Bridlington priory and spotted the PERFECT crest for post-fall-in-the-mud-me on the wall. I think I must adopt it immediately!!! #historicalfiction
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I realized recently I've had book-trailers but never an author-trailer. So I created this to unite my work . . . because there is continuity. A thread that runs through it, and through me. #historicalfiction #authorslife #amwriting #booktrailer
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
York was built on layers of history. This weekend we celebrate when York was Eboracum & part of the Roman Empire at the ANNUAL EBORACUM ROMAN FESTIVAL. I'll be in the Museum Gardens peddling A DAY OF FIRE: A NOVEL OF POMPEII. P.S. Yes, this is my idealized vision of Aemilia #historicalfiction #york
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Legions will march this weekend at the Eboracum Festival in #York. #HistoricalFiction authors will be out too. Swing by the Museum Gardens and see us. I'll be representing my fellow authors of A DAY OF FIRE Kate Quinn, @elizaknight.bsky.social @benkaneauthor.bsky.social Vicky Alvear and Steph Dray
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This quote is a thought from the brain of my fierce DI Nigella Parker of the City of London Police. A thought I've personally had many times. A thought that I gave to her to provide a strong link between us as I was writing her story (as Evie Hawtrey). #authorlife #bookquotes #crimefiction #mystery
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Sophie Perinot @sophieperinot.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
UK #historicalfiction FANS! This weekend a collection of authors will be at #York Eboracum Roman Festival! I'll be there, featuring A DAY OF FIRE a collaborative novel created by Kate Quinn, Ben Kane, Eliza Knight, Vicky Alvear & myself. Stop to chat and up a book or two. #romanhistory #authorlife
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