Historical fiction

June 4, 2015 By 2QT Publishing 1 Comment

Simple Dame Fairfax – Anna Bransgrove

Author: Anna Bransgrove
Release Date: 16th June 2015
Format: Paperback (112 pages)
ISBN: 978-1-910077-51-1

You know Jane Eyre. You know the mad woman in the attic. But have you heard about the slightly deranged gentlewoman in the parlour? Simple Dame Fairfax is not the nonentity Jane Eyre patronisingly thought her to be, but a passionate woman whose troubled past unfolds as she slips into the borders of insanity.

‘ …… Bransgrove teases new stories, new relations, from what we know of Jane’s world … augmenting and inventing so that what overlaps with Charlotte Brontë’s novel gives that story new depth …..’ Dr Patsy Stoneman. (Emeritus Reader in English, University of Hull. Vice President of the Brontë Society)

October 16, 2014 By 2QT Publishing 2 Comments

The Champagne Steeplejack – Sheila Dibnah

Author: Sheila Dibnah
Release Date: 31st October 2014
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-910077-24-5

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From the impoverished back streets of Victorian Oldham, Joseph Wragg looks up at a towering chimney and begins to dream…

Fearless, talented and charming, Joseph rapidly scales the heights to become not only the country’s most famous steeplejack but also a darling of the London social scene. Feted by the London aristocracy, courted by celebrities such as Oscar Wilde, his ambition knows no bounds. But a fateful meeting with actress Lillie Langtry tempts him away from his family and his roots – and ultimately leads to his downfall.

Loosely based on a true story, The Champagne Steeplejack is a breathtaking story of one man’s rise to astonishing success in the industrial north-west and his painful descent to reality…

Sheila Dibnah is the author of the best-selling memoir A Cast-Iron Will. The Champagne Steeplejack is her first novel.

July 3, 2014 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

The Greater Glory – Andrew Fogarty – July release

Author: Andrew Fogarty
Release Date: 20th July 2014
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-910077-16-0

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England in 1586 is a divided land: while Elizabeth I and her ministers fight for their new order, those belonging to the old religion face a dangerous struggle to uphold their faith. Thomas Rufford, the eldest son in a recusant Catholic family, despairs of his situation. But when a friend and benefactor, Anthony Babington, arrives at his Lancashire home, Thomas’s life changes for ever.

Together with his brother, a Jesuit priest who is hunted by the authorities, he embarks on a journey that takes him from perilous encounters with watchmen in the aftermath of a failed Armada to Catholic priest holes; from bruising encounters with sinister priest-hunters to the depths of the Tower of London.

Thomas must risk his life in his quest for spiritual freedom and the true meaning of his faith. In the face of overwhelming odds – and the machinations of Sir Francis Walsingham – can he succeed?

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