The Story Spinner: The gripping new historical fiction novel for 2024 from the Sunday Times bestseller

The instant Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller.Don’t miss the collector’s edition with a foiled design underneath the dust jacket. Exclusive to the first print run and available while stocks last!

A Welsh princess. A Roman general. Their love story lost to time…

The land of the Silures, 382 AD

Elen is a princess promised to a general of Rome. Macsen came to Wales seeking an alliance that would advance his quest for power.

Despite warnings her marriage is destined for heartache, Elen is determined to honour her vows.

But this union will change her destiny forever…

Camp Meadow, 2024

Cadi is a writer who has discovered Elen’s lost story. As she puts pen to paper, she hears the sound of ghostly marching feet.

Opening the gate to the ancient meadow behind her cottage, could the secret behind Elen’s fate lie closer than she thinks?

But someone is desperate to keep the past buried, plotting to destroy the meadow…

Can Cadi uncover Elen’s story before it’s lost to time?

The Sunday Times bestselling author returns with a spellbinding tale of love, ambition, and secrets that have lain silent for over a thousand years…

PRAISE for The Story Spinner!

‘A delicious feast of love, drama, suspense, mystery, history, and a ghostly magic… Simply unputdownable!’ Santa Montefiore

‘Intriguing, dramatic, beautifully researched, with characters that bring past and present alive’ Rachel Hore

‘On my best books of the year list.’ Elizabeth Chadwick

‘Beautifully written and vividly evoking the magic of lost worlds, this novel is so breath-taking in its scope that it left me longing for more.’ Alison Weir

Readers LOVE The Story Spinner!

‘I loved this book! What a great story! Both gripping and thrilling I could not put this book down! Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘The characters make the story. It sucked me in and kept me reading. I’m sorry to have finished it’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I thought about this book even when I wasn’t reading it which, to me, is the sign of a good book.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Barbara Erskine’s book ‘The Story Spinner’ was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-07-29.

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‘Beautifully researched’ Rachel Hore ‘Such a beautiful book’ Santa Montefiore ‘Barbara Erskine’s storytelling talent is undeniable’ The Times ‘The mistress of the time-slip novel’ Alison Weir ‘Evocative and haunting’ Elizabeth Chadwick ‘Marvellous escapist stuff’ Woman and Home

Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (1 Aug. 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0008560900
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008560904
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.9 x 4.3 x 24 cm