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The Enemy’s Wife
Shanghai, 1941: When Zofia's husband is conscripted into the Japanese Army, she must navigate an occupied city alone. As violence grows, the horrors of war reshape her world and her heart. Danger, romance and unexpected friendship that will keep you turning the pages into the night. 'Impossible to put down' - Lana Kortchik. 'A gorgeous novel that will truly pull at your heartstrings' - Carly Shabowski
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MEET DEBORAH SWIFT
Welcome to the online home of Deborah Swift, historical novelist. Before writing her first novel Deborah worked as a set and costume designer for theatre and TV. Later she took an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University, and since then has juggled writing with teaching.
Deborah is passionate about bringing the extraordinary people and events of the past to life, and her books have won the Millennium Readers Award, The Wishing Shelf Readers Award and The Coffee Pot Book Club Gold Medal.
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Opium in 1940’s Shanghai – A Hidden Vice
The Hidden Vice of Opium in 1940s Shanghai One of my characters in The Enemy’s Wife gets caught up in the grip of an opium addiction. The setting of The Enemy’s Wife is Shanghai – the Paris of the East. Beneath its dazzling and glamorous appearance, it was also a...
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Even the strongest state is vulnerable to its past. 2020, Roma Nova. Carina Mitela investigates a potential rebellion but discovers the long-buried secret that ignited the attempted uprising links directly to her own powerful family. 1683, Vienna. As Europe...
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Sarah's Destiny - Excerpt Sarah returned to the barroom as quickly as she could. She’d washed and changed into a black skirt, clean apron and fresh cream blouse with a pretty collar, coiling her hair up and holding it in place with a tortoiseshell comb. Her sister...
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