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Barbara Erskine

Born

in Nottingham, The United Kingdom

August 10, 1944

Website

http://www.barbara-erskine.co.uk/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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An historian by training, Barbara Erskine is the author of six bestselling novels that demonstrate her interest in both history and the supernatural, plus two collections of short stories. Her books have appeared in at least twenty different languages. She lives with her family in an ancient manor house near Colchester, and in a cottage near Hay-on-Wye.

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Average rating: 4.1 · 59,056 ratings · 4,296 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady of Hay 4.07 avg rating — 8,445 ratings — published 1986 — 68 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 Ghost Tree 4.16 avg rating — 4,365 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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 Dream Weavers 4.28 avg rating — 4,136 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	Sleeper's Castle 4.18 avg rating — 3,935 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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
	House of Echoes 4.10 avg rating — 3,442 ratings — published 1996 — 36 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
	Kingdom of Shadows 4.25 avg rating — 3,109 ratings — published 1988 — 32 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
	Midnight is a Lonely Place 4.04 avg rating — 3,217 ratings — published 1994 — 39 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
	Whispers in the Sand 3.83 avg rating — 3,324 ratings — published 1995 — 41 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 Darkest Hour 4.16 avg rating — 2,862 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Hiding from the Light 4.09 avg rating — 2,861 ratings — published 2002 — 23 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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“Maybe it is that if these stones speak at all, they speak true,’ she said softly. ‘They speak what will be, not what we want to hear.”
― Barbara Erskine, Sleeper's Castle

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“What the imagination has made, the imagination can unmake.”
― Barbara Erskine, The Ghost Tree

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“city. He did not bother to listen to the girl’s words. Her soft English voice sounded tired and blurred under hypnosis and he would have to listen again and again to the tape anyway as Cohen transcribed it and tried to fathom where her comments, if there were any, came from. ‘And now, Joanna,’ the Professor’s voice rose slightly as he shifted on the high stool to make himself more comfortable. ‘We’ll go back again, if you please, back before the darkness, back before the dreams, back to when you were on this earth before.’ He”
― Barbara Erskine, Lady of Hay

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Which book would you like to read for our March 15 - April 15 European Royalty group read?

The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou by Susan Higginbotham

21 votes, 37.5%

A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith

14 votes, 25.0%

I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick

10 votes, 17.9%

Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland

8 votes, 14.3%

Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine

3 votes, 5.4%

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