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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: 4.09 · 54,155 ratings · 3,944 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady of Hay 4.07 avg rating — 8,086 ratings — published 1986 — 66 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 — 4,080 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 — 3,773 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 — 3,690 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 4.09 avg rating — 3,313 ratings — published 1996 — 35 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 4.24 avg rating — 2,973 ratings — published 1988 — 33 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 4.03 avg rating — 3,038 ratings — published 1994 — 38 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 3.82 avg rating — 3,166 ratings — published 1995 — 40 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 4.15 avg rating — 2,742 ratings — published 2014 — 16 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
	Time's Legacy 4.06 avg rating — 2,667 ratings — published 2010 — 20 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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I'm late, I'm late! Historical fiction is our genre for November. This is a quicky. Last day to vote is Sunday, October 25.

The Last Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell

2 votes, 33.3%

Nefertiti

Michelle Moran

2 votes, 33.3%

Queenmaker

India Edghill

1 vote, 16.7%

Gates of Fire

Steven Pressfield

1 vote, 16.7%

Lady of Hay

Barbara Erskine

0 votes, 0.0%

Ahab's Wife, or the Star-Gazer

Sena Jeter Naslund

0 votes, 0.0%

Enemy Women

Paulette Jiles

0 votes, 0.0%

Pope Joan

Donna Woolfolk Cross

0 votes, 0.0%

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