The Marsh Saga Book Series

 Marsh Saga Series is now complete.

Book 4, Alice, has been returned by my editor and it's had another read through and is all ready for her release on May 27th.

Four very different women.

Millie (Book 1) 99p

Christmas at the Chateau (novella)

Prue (Book 2)

Cece (Book 3)

Alice (book 4 preorder - out May 27th 99p)

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Over 2000 Reviews!

 Over 2000 reviews in 3 months of release!

Thank you to those who take the time to review any book and especially my books! LOL

The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl

“The writing is vivid and gripping!”

Annabelle can’t hide forever from the wealthy Hartley family, but can she give up the baby she loves?

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A Finalist!

 

My certificate arrived from the RNA for being a finalist in the Romantic Saga Award with A Distant Horizon. I didn't win but was so proud to be a finalist.

Book trailer for The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl

The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl

New Release!

Annabelle can’t hide forever from the wealthy Hartley family, but can she give up the baby she loves? #historicalfiction #historicalsaga #Victorian #Yorkshire

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Diaries and Journals

 

DIARIES AND JOURNALS BY ANNEMARIE BREAR

Jan 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

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I collect Victorian diaries and journals, written mainly by women who have arrived in Australia after leaving England, but also by women born in colonial Australia. These diaries are brilliant when I’m writing a story set in colonial Australia and they give me an insight to how they lived and what was happening in the world around them at that time. From their personal entries, we can learn what was important to them, their daily routine, their views and opinions. They can also lift some of those myths we in the modern world tend to think as true.

Below are some pages from a selected few of my diaries, which may show why I adore them so much.

This page is from The Letters of Rachel Henning. A genteel lady who left England and ventured to Colonial Australia to join her brother who was farming out there. It’s a fascinating account of her life and full of details about those times.

I also have a few diaries, or collections of letters written during the First World War, which is another favourite era for me to write.

Below is an example from the book, Unknown Warriors, The Letters of Kate Luard, RRC and BAR Nursing Sister in France 1914-1918.

Kate Luard is one of those unsung heroines of the war. A dedicated nursing sister who went to the front line to give aid to the wounded. Her letters are fascinating, harrowing, tragic but filled with such devotion and commitment.

Below is a page from The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. A lovely diary of a naturalist’s world in 1906 written by English lady, Edith Holden.

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Lest We Forget

 I have two loves of genres that I write – Victorian and WWI. My regular readers will know that I have set many books in the Victorian era, but my WWI era novels are also close to my heart simply because of my fascination with the Great War.

Every Remembrance Day, I pause to give silent thanks to those who endured those war years, both on the battlefields and those at home. Their sacrifices allow us to have the freedom we do today.

Many years of research has given me an understanding of the hardships which that WWI generation went through. The first major war to touch so many lives in modern history.

While I will never fully appreciate the horrors those brave men and women suffered, I hope I have honoured them in some way in my stories. I wanted to use that era in my stories to represent not only the hardships and challenges but to show that people grew in character and strength because of what they had to face.

The world changed after the Great War. It was a time our ancestors lived, a time that should never be forgotten as the years dim memories.

We should all, if we can, visit the battlefields where so many young men gave up their lives, their futures, for us. It is moving, humbling and so very special to walk in their footsteps, to pay tribute to their lost youth.

November 11th 1918 the war ended, but we must never stop remembering and respecting all those sacrifices.

Lest We Forget.

Perhaps, by Vera Brittain

(Dedicated to her fiancé Roland Aubrey Leighton, who was killed at the age of 20 by a sniper in 1915, four months after she had accepted his marriage proposal)

Perhaps some day the sun will shine again,

And I shall see that still the skies are blue,

And feel once more I do not live in vain,

Although bereft of You.

Perhaps the golden meadows at my feet,

Will make the sunny hours of spring seem gay,

And I shall find the white May-blossoms sweet,

Though You have passed away.

Perhaps the summer woods will shimmer bright,

And crimson roses once again be fair,

And autumn harvest fields a rich delight,

Although You are not there.

Perhaps some day I shall not shrink in pain,

To see the passing of the dying year,

And listen to Christmas songs again,

Although You cannot hear.

But though kind Time may many joys renew,

There is one greatest joy I shall not know again,

Because my heart for loss of You

Was broken, long ago.

Next book 2022!

 

Orphan in the Peacock Shawl Preorder! Out Jan 2022! Available in ebook, paperback, audio and libraries large print.

Annabelle can’t hide forever from the wealthy Hartley family, but can she give up the baby she loves? #historicalfiction #historicalsaga #YorkUK #Yorkshire #saga #Victorian #familydrama

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New Release!

 A big no, HUGE, thank you to everyone who has bought Beyond the Distant Hills. One week since release and I've received some lovely messages from readers who have enjoyed it. 🥰

Beyond the Distant Hills – NEW RELEASE! (Book 2)

Ellen survived the Irish Famine. Can she survive the future in a strange land? Or has she made the greatest mistake of her life?

A Distant Horizon (Book 1)

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Silver Medal Award!

 So happy that The Market Stall Girl won a silver medal at the USA Readers' Favorite Book Reviews and Award Contest!!

The Market Stall Girl (Book 1)

The Woman from Beaumont Farm (Book 2)

Will Beth and Noah find the happiness they wish for or will overwhelming events break them apart?

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99c/p Sale Aurora's Pride

 Sale alert! My historical saga, Aurora’s Pride is only 99p/c - 12-19th August!

She went in search of the truth and it wasn’t what she was expecting.

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99p Market Stall Girl July only!

 The Market Stall Girl Amazon UK 99p July only.

Will Beth and Noah find the happiness they wish for or will overwhelming events break them apart?

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Voting open!

 The Market Stall Girl has been nominated for a Rone Award by Ind'Tale Magazine.

Voting is just this week. So if you enjoyed the story and think it deserves a vote, please go to this link. 🥰 (you have to register to vote) Thank you!!

https://indtale.com/polls/historical-victorian-20th-century-rone-2021

Released soon!

 On Saturday it'll be one month until A Distant Horizon is released! A Distant Horizon is available for preorder on Amazon in Kindle. Paperback will be released the same week.

Can Ellen thrive in a strange land?

Or has she made the greatest mistake of her life?

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99c/p sale!!

 

Sale 99p/c March 20-26!

Isabelle’s Choice

Will the choices she’s made ruin her? Will she find the happiness she’s searching for?

#Victorian #Yorkshire  #saga #kindleunlimited #paperback #Hebdenbridge #historicalfiction #orphans

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Vintage lamps!

 When you go to an auction of items from a historical house to buy a vintage desk - get out bid - and come home with a job lot of lamps! They will look nice in my study once the new house is built.

Free Online Event for Readers!

 Readers!! Join us for a free online event, Let's Talk About Historical Sagas 3rd March 7:30pm UK with 5 bestselling authors.

Please email writetojean@Jeanfullerton.com for details.

New release!!

 It's Publication Day!!

The Woman from Beaumont Farm is out today! Yay.

It's gone straight into the top 100 on Amazon UK in the saga category, which is delightful! It's joining book 1 The Market Stall Girl which is in the top 100, too. Very pleased!!

Thank you readers for all your preorders!

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