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Bristol House

A Novel

A Novel

By Beverly Swerling

By Beverly Swerling

By Beverly Swerling

By Beverly Swerling

By Beverly Swerling
Read by Kristen Sieh, James Langton and Christian Coulson

By Beverly Swerling
Read by Kristen Sieh, James Langton and Christian Coulson

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Paperback $16.00

Jan 28, 2014 | ISBN 9780142180808

Ebook $5.99

Apr 04, 2013 | ISBN 9781101606117

Audiobook Download $20.00

Apr 04, 2013 | 779 Minutes

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    About Bristol House

    A riveting dual-period narrative that blends a haunting supernatural thriller with the vivid history of Tudor London

    Historian Annie Kendall arrives at London’s Bristol House on an assignment to research ancient artifacts from the Holy Land. She’s desperate to escape her troubled past with the help of the shadowy employer who has hired her for an unusual, but well-paid, mission. So Annie is determined to ignore the strange manifestations in her flat—including the appearance of a ghostly Carthusian monk. When she crosses paths with Geoff Harris, a well-known TV journalist and a dead ringer for the strange apparition, they are called upon to crack an enigmatic code, still unbroken after five hundred years.

    Widely acclaimed for her historical fiction, Beverly Swerling delivers an enchanting and epic tale of a historian and a monk half a millennium apart—and the unsolved mysteries of Tudor London that bring them together.

    About Bristol House

    In the tradition of Kate Mosse, a swiftly-paced mystery that stretches from modern London to Tudor England

    In modern-day London, architectural historian and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall hopes to turn her life around and restart her career by locating several long-missing pieces of ancient Judaica. Geoff Harris, an investigative reporter, is soon drawn into her quest, both by romantic interest and suspicions about the head of the Shalom Foundation, the organization sponsoring her work. He’s also a dead ringer for the ghost of a monk Annie believes she has seen at the flat she is subletting in Bristol House.

    In 1535, Tudor London is a very different city, one in which monks are being executed by Henry VIII and Jews are banished. In this treacherous environment of religious persecution, Dom Justin, a Carthusian monk, and a goldsmith known as the Jew of Holborn must navigate a shadowy world of intrigue involving Thomas Cromwell, Jewish treasure, and sexual secrets. Their struggles shed light on the mysteries Annie and Geoff aim to puzzle out—at their own peril.

    This riveting dual-period narrative seamlessly blends a haunting supernatural thriller with vivid historical fiction. Beverly Swerling, widely acclaimed for her City of Dreams series, delivers a bewitching and epic story of a historian and a monk, half a millennium apart, whose destinies are on a collision course.

    About Bristol House

    In the tradition of Kate Mosse, a swiftly-paced mystery that stretches from modern London to Tudor England

    In modern-day London, architectural historian and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall hopes to turn her life around and restart her career by locating several long-missing pieces of ancient Judaica. Geoff Harris, an investigative reporter, is soon drawn into her quest, both by romantic interest and suspicions about the head of the Shalom Foundation, the organization sponsoring her work. He’s also a dead ringer for the ghost of a monk Annie believes she has seen at the flat she is subletting in Bristol House.

    In 1535, Tudor London is a very different city, one in which monks are being executed by Henry VIII and Jews are banished. In this treacherous environment of religious persecution, Dom Justin, a Carthusian monk, and a goldsmith known as the Jew of Holborn must navigate a shadowy world of intrigue involving Thomas Cromwell, Jewish treasure, and sexual secrets. Their struggles shed light on the mysteries Annie and Geoff aim to puzzle out—at their own peril.

    This riveting dual-period narrative seamlessly blends a haunting supernatural thriller with vivid historical fiction. Beverly Swerling, widely acclaimed for her City of Dreams series, delivers a bewitching and epic story of a historian and a monk, half a millennium apart, whose destinies are on a collision course.

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    About Beverly Swerling

    Beverly Swerling is the author of many novels, including the City of Dreams series, a four-volume historical saga set in old New York. She is also a consultant to other authors and is an amateur historian. She lives in Philadelphia but… More about Beverly Swerling

    About Beverly Swerling

    Beverly Swerling is the author of many novels, including the City of Dreams series, a four-volume historical saga set in old New York. She is also a consultant to other authors and is an amateur historian. She lives in Philadelphia but… More about Beverly Swerling

    About Beverly Swerling

    Beverly Swerling is the author of many novels, including the City of Dreams series, a four-volume historical saga set in old New York. She is also a consultant to other authors and is an amateur historian. She lives in Philadelphia but… More about Beverly Swerling

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Plume
    Jan 28, 2014 | 416 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780142180808

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Plume
    Apr 04, 2013 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9781101606117

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Apr 04, 2013 | 779 Minutes | ISBN 9781101605295

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    Praise

    “An intricately woven plot with voices from the past give Swerling’s latest historical thriller an otherworldly aura.”
    —Kirkus Reviews

    “Swerling adds a paranormal dimension to her latest novel, interweaving narratives set in contemporary and Tudor London. . . . Elements of romance, religious mythology, cultism, and the supernatural abound as this genre-blending thriller stretches back and forth through time to a suitably dramatic denouement.”
    —Booklist

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