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‘One of my favourite books of all time’ CHARLAINE HARRIS
‘Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History’ C. K. MCDONNELL
‘A great mix of British properness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun’ ? ?? ??
Meet St Mary’s – a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets who hurtle their way around History.
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If the whole of History lay before you, where would you go?
When Dr Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don’t just study the past – they revisit it.
But one wrong move and History will fight back – to the death. And Max soon discovers it’s not just History she’s fighting…
BOOK 1 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CHRONICLES OF ST MARY’S SERIES
For fans of Jasper Fforde, Doctor Who, Genevieve Cogman and Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club
Readers love Jodi Taylor:
‘Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything… Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine “Max” Maxwell have seduced me’
‘Addictive. I wish St Mary’s was real and I was a part of it’
‘Science fiction, historical fantasy, love story and more all wrapped up in a fast-paced comedy of errors. Please don’t wait to read it, you don’t know what you are missing‘
‘Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked‘
‘A tour de force’
