Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Giveaway: Bristol House by Beverly Swerling





GIVEAWAY FROM THE PUBLISHER: COPY OF BRISTOL HOUSE


ABOUT THE BOOK:

Architectural historian Annie Kendall arrives in London on an assignment from the Shalom Foundation concerning ancient artifacts from the Holy Land.  Annie is determined to leave her heavy emotional baggage behind and find professional redemption by discovering the truth about the mysterious Jew of Holborn, who in 1535 apparently had access to a trove of ancient Judaica.  Annie sublets an old fashioned flat in a building called Bristol House, containing a tiny back bedroom which becomes the source of extraordinary phenomena involving a long dead Carthusian monk.  Tormented by the notion that because she's a recovering alcoholic she may be hallucinating, Annie resolves to ignore these strange visitations from the past.  Until she meets Geoffrey Harris who is not only a well known TV personality, but the spitting image of the Bristol House ghost.  Annie begins searching for the connection to the Jew of Holborn, the ghost monk, and the mysterious motivations of her obsessed employer. Leaping back to the 1530s, the dark cloud of religious persecution hangs over a very different London. The Jew of Holborn, a goldsmith, and Dom Justin, a Carthusian monk with questionable allegiances, tell their story from “the Waiting Place,” as they try to untangle a sixteenth century knot with enormous twenty-first century implications.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Beverly Swerling is a consultant to other authors, and a devoted if amateur historian. She is the author of five previous novels, including the widely praised City of Dreams series, a four-volume historical saga set in old New York. She lives in Philadelphia, visit  Beverly Swerlings website HERE.

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GIVEAWAY is for a copy of the book, BRISTOL HOUSE, compliments of the publisher (Penguin Books).

Open to: US ONLY, NO PO BOXES, per publisher request.

To ENTER: Please leave a comment with your email so that I can contact the winner. 

Enter by APRIL 30, 2013  
CONTEST HAS ENDED. 

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13 comments:

  1. I have a copy of this one so no need to enter me, but I do think it sounds like a good story.

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  2. This novel would be a treasure which I would enjoy greatly. Many thanks for this opportunity. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  4. This sounds like the author loves researching historical novels like this and I would love to read it.
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  5. Thanks for the giveaway. Sounds like a very intriguing story , would love the chance to read it.

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  6. This sounds like a great read. I love that it goes back to the 1530s in London and a time of religious persecution. Thank you for the information on this book and the giveaway.

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  7. Sounds like a really great read and story. Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me. Tore923@aol.com

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  8. Thanks for the giveaway! I have this book on my wish list.

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  9. thanks for the chance to read this novel :)

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  10. I am so intrigued by this one, please enter me! I had run an intriguing Guest post recently and I am sold on this title!
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    Thanks!

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  11. I just liked your page on Facebook and so came over to check out your blog. I'm now following you via email. My mom's name is Bonnie too!

    Thanks for the giveaway! I co-host Historical Fiction Connection with Marie (above) and I was also intrigued by this book when we hosted it over there. Unfortunately, we can't enter our own giveaways. ;O)

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  12. This sounds like a book I would really enjoy! Thank you for the giveaway!
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  13. Sounds like a wonderful and interesting book. I love the fact that it has a ghost in the story. Please enter me. Thanks!

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