It’s publication day for THE NIGHTINGALE’S CASTLE. This book is incredibly special to me and I’m so thrilled to see it out in the big wide world

It can be easy to overlook how involved the women of Homer’s #Iliad are in Trojan War tactics. Andromache advises Hector to station men ‘by the fig tree’ having counted 3 attempts by the Greeks on that section of wall. Hector tells her to return to her weaving #TheMissingThread

📚'Set in Pompeii only a few years before the city’s destruction'

Sandra Danby reviews House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper Elodie Harper

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📢 EXCITING EVENT 📢

Catch Elodie Harper on May 1st at Waterstones Covent Garden discussing all things women in historical fiction and #TheWolfDen alongside Francesca Haig/Francesca de Tores and Anna Mazzola (is away) 📚

Book your tickets now 👉 bit.ly/3JoHOMs

🏴‍☠️ 'A triumph of the imagination' Elodie Harper
🏴‍☠️ 'A ravishing picaresque told with fireworks, finesse and gusto' Paul Lynch

#Saltblood – Francesca Haig/Francesca de Tores's compelling new novel, breathing new life in the story of pirate Mary Read – is out now in hardback, ebook and audio!

Plato's last words? 'Either that Thracian flautist goes or I do'? More on a new document about Plato's final hours from the Villa of the Papyri near Pompeii via The Guardian: theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

A courtesan in Rome.
Playing for power.
Haunted by her past.
Her name is Amara.
How will her fortunes fall?

#TheTempleOfFortuna by Elodie Harper is coming in paperback this May! Pre-order now 🏺 bit.ly/44h5Tic

This stunning #Roman bipartite eye makeup container Getty is made of free-blown colourless glass & was used for Kohl. 3rd or 4th Century.
The 2 parts of the vessel are formed by a tube folded upon itself. It includes a thin bronze applicator.
#romanmakeup #romanglass

It appears tonight on ITV News Anglia I’m presenting with Veronica Corningstone aka Becky Jago
The hair is almost on a par.
News Team: Assemble.
(Check out the retro phone!)

My dream job in journalism is to write Allister Heath’s headlines

'Historical fiction at its best' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Everything about this trilogy is perfection' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Are you ready to finish #TheWolfDen series by Elodie Harper? We are publishing #TheTempleOfFortuna in paperback this May!

bit.ly/44h5Tic

I wrote an article about rebellion and repression, fantasy and retelling for The Nerd Daily, with some insight into Sunbringer and recommendations for The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi (updates only)🇵🇸 and Victoria MacKenzie by Victoria Mackenzie thenerddaily.com/hannah-kaner-s… The Nerd Daily

Extremely excited to reveal the cover for my new novel #TheHouseOfFever - a gothic historical mystery set in a luxurious sanatorium in 1935 🖤💀
Out 15th August.

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Happy 2777th birthday Rome! Here’s some of my fave Roman pieces throughout my ancient history illustration career 🥰🏛️🌿 #natalediroma 🐺

Adolygiad cwsmer!
'Cyfres anhygoel. Roedd fy ngwraig a fy merch hefyd yn eu darllen ac yn meddwl eu bod yn rhagorol. Rhaid i chi eu darllen.'
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Customer review!
'An amazing series. My wife and daughter also read them and thought they were excellent. You must read them.'

'An incredible tale of passion, power and retribution' Elodie Harper

Signed copies of #Hera by Jennifer Saint UPDATES ONLY are available to pre-order @waterstones🎉
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And finally for today, LOTS of stock signed Waterstones Kingston! For anyone who goes there seeking a copy of 🕯️THE SHADOW KEY🕯️, one copy has a special little message inside. Find it, and you win a lovely 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 themed prize …

Pompeii. House of Leda and the Swan

Springtime sunshine in our Saxon hall ☀️🌻

The brilliant Francesca Haig/Francesca de Tores is coming all the way from Australia for our Women in Historical Fiction event at Waterstones Covent Garden on 1 May*. We'll be chatting with Elodie Harper about pirates, Pompeii, poisoning and how to write historical fiction. Tickets here
waterstones.com/events/women-i…