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A Welsh princess. A Roman general. Their love story lost to time… The land of the Silures, 382 AD A marriage of power. It’s 382 AD and Elen, a princess of the Welsh hills, is promised to a ruthless Roman general. Despite warnings that her marriage... Read More
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The Story Spinner

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

The land of the Silures, 382 AD

The gripping new historical fiction novel for 2025 from the instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller

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

The land of the Silures, 382 AD

A marriage of power.

It’s 382 AD and Elen, a princess of the Welsh hills, is promised to a ruthless Roman general. Despite warnings that her marriage is destined for heartache, Elen is determined to honour her vows, if only to protect her people…

A secret lost to time.

From her cottage window, author Cadi can see the lush green meadow where Elen once walked a thousand years ago. But someone is desperate to destroy this ancient land and keep the past buried.

Can Cadi tell Elen’s story before it disappears forever?

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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008561109

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 512

About the Author

A historian by training, Barbara Erskine is the author of many bestselling novels that demonstrate her interest in both history and the supernatural, plus three collections of short stories. Her books have appeared in at least twenty-six languages. Her first novel, Lady of Hay, has sold over two million copies worldwide. She lives with her family in an ancient manor house near Colchester and in a cottage near Hay-on-Wye.

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