Book Blast ~ Historical
Virtual Book Tour Presents....
Pleasing Mr. Pepys
By Deborah
Swift
London 1667.
Set
in a London rising from the ruins of the Great Fire, Pleasing Mr Pepys is a
vivid re-imagining of the events in Samuel Pepys’s Diary.
Desperate
to escape her domineering aunt, Deb Willet thinks the post of companion to
well-respected Elisabeth Pepys is the answer to her prayers. But Samuel Pepys’s
house is not as safe as it seems. An intelligent girl in Deb’s position has
access to his government papers, and soon she becomes a target of flamboyant
actress Abigail Williams, a spy for England’s enemies, the Dutch.
Abigail
is getting old and needs a younger accomplice. She blackmails Deb into stealing
Pepys’s documents. Soon, the respectable life Deb longs for slides out of her
grasp. Mr Pepys’s obsessive lust for his new maid increases precisely as
Abigail and her sinister Dutch spymaster become more demanding. When Deb falls for
handsome Jem Wells, a curate-in-training, she thinks things cannot possibly get
worse.
Until
– not content with a few stolen papers – the Dutch want Mr Pepys’s Diary.
“Swift brought Deborah Willet, the Pepyses, and the London of the 1660s
to life in an exciting and sometimes touching way…I didn’t want to put it down,
and found myself thinking about the story when I went about my day.”
Andrea Zuvich, Author of His Last Mistress
“Deb Willet, Elizabeth Pepys’s maid and the
object of Samuel Pepys’s attentions, is finally given centre-stage after 350
years, and her tale was worth waiting for. This is exceptional story-telling.”
L. C. Tyler
“Laced with emotional intensity and drama,
Pleasing Mr Pepys… (has) an intricate plot that features red herrings, unexpected
twists, and surprises that will take readers on a very delightful ride.”
Arya Fomonyuy, Readers’ Favorite
Giveaway
During
the Blog Tour we will be giving away a signed copy of Pleasing Mr. Pepys to one
lucky winner! To enter, please enter via the Gleam form below.
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be disqualified at our discretion.
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Winner has 48 hours to claim prize or new winner is chosen.
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About the author
Deborah Swift is the author of three previous historical novels for
adults, The Lady’s Slipper, The Gilded Lily, and A Divided Inheritance, all
published by Macmillan/St Martin’s Press, as well as the Highway Trilogy for
teens (and anyone young at heart!). Her first novel was shortlisted for the
Impress prize for new novelists.
She lives on the edge of the beautiful and literary English Lake
District – a place made famous by the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.
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Pleasing Mr. Pepys
by Deborah Swift
Publication Date: September 28, 2017
Accent Press
eBook & Paperback; 407 Pages
Genre:
Historical Fictio
Your book sounds great! Good Luck with the rest of the tour!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary Anne!
DeleteThanks so much for hosting Deborah's Blog Tour, Mary Anne!
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HF Virtual Book Tours
Always a pleasure, Amy!!
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