21st May 2015
Wideacre, my first ever novel, is reduced to £1.99 in the Kindle 'Start a New Series' promotion. I wrote it as I completed my PhD in 18th century history and literature, and it's inspired by the gothic fiction of the time, full of drama and the power of the landscape. I wanted to explore what the terrible oppression of women and of the poor might have driven people to do, so I created an extremely dastardly heroine. I was very fortunate in its reception – the book became a bestseller, and I became a full-time novelist. If you read on Kindle and would like to try the trilogy, now's a great chance. The offer ends on 16th June.