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: Halls is the author of The Familiars, set in 1600s rural Lancashire. It was imbued with folklore, in particular the legends and fears around witches and the Pendle witch trials of 1612. In her writing, Halls uses true historical events to explore the treatment of women.: It's mid-1700s London. Bess Bright returns to reclaim her illegitimate daughter Clara, who she left at London's Foundling Hospital six years earlier. But Clara has been taken away, and Bess must find her.
The daughter of journalist, historian and Mastermind host Magnus Magnusson, Sally is a broadcaster herself and a familiar face as a former host on BBC Breakfast and Songs of Praise. Her writing includes non-fiction and children's books, and her debut novel was The Sealwoman's Gift, the story of a 17th Century Icelandic woman trafficked to Africa to be a slave.: In 1856, Isabel Aird is pregnant despite having given up hope of becoming a mother.
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