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They say the past is a different country. But not everything changes.
It is a hot day in Elizabethan York, and young Nell Appleby is trapped in a wooden chest. The horror of the stifling dark – and of the man who has trapped her – will haunt her for the rest of her life.
Years later, wed to the sadistic Ralph Maskewe, Nell must find joy where she can. But when her childhood sweetheart returns and offers a chance of flight to the New World, Nell is faced with a dangerous decision. Will she risk all to escape the dark at last?
Four and a half centuries later, Tess and her small son Oscar move to York. Eager to start a new life away from her overbearing and manipulative husband Martin, Tess tries to put her marriage behind her. But in York, time has a way of shifting strangely, and memories of a past that is not her own begin to surface – with disturbing effect.
Living two lives, torn between two worlds, Tess must unlock the secrets of the past before she can free herself – and Nell – once and for all.
’This is a great, gripping mystery story … takes the reader on a thrilling, dramatic journey, blending romance … supernatural and accurate historical fiction, psychological insight and action’ – Maria Grazia, Fly High!
‘It blew me away, absolutely fantastic, brilliantly written, emotional, disturbing, incredible’ – Goodreads
‘An excellent story’ – Amazon review
Pamela Hartshorne is a historian by training – she has a PhD in Medieval History – and a popular writer of historical and supernatural fiction. Her first mainstream novel, Time’s Echo was published to great acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, and The Memory of Midnight came out the following year. A resident of York, the ancient city that inspires much of her work, she has since written several more books.
Genre: Historical
It is a hot day in Elizabethan York, and young Nell Appleby is trapped in a wooden chest. The horror of the stifling dark – and of the man who has trapped her – will haunt her for the rest of her life.
Years later, wed to the sadistic Ralph Maskewe, Nell must find joy where she can. But when her childhood sweetheart returns and offers a chance of flight to the New World, Nell is faced with a dangerous decision. Will she risk all to escape the dark at last?
Four and a half centuries later, Tess and her small son Oscar move to York. Eager to start a new life away from her overbearing and manipulative husband Martin, Tess tries to put her marriage behind her. But in York, time has a way of shifting strangely, and memories of a past that is not her own begin to surface – with disturbing effect.
Living two lives, torn between two worlds, Tess must unlock the secrets of the past before she can free herself – and Nell – once and for all.
Praise for The Memory of Midnight:
’This is a great, gripping mystery story … takes the reader on a thrilling, dramatic journey, blending romance … supernatural and accurate historical fiction, psychological insight and action’ – Maria Grazia, Fly High!
‘It blew me away, absolutely fantastic, brilliantly written, emotional, disturbing, incredible’ – Goodreads
‘An excellent story’ – Amazon review
Pamela Hartshorne is a historian by training – she has a PhD in Medieval History – and a popular writer of historical and supernatural fiction. Her first mainstream novel, Time’s Echo was published to great acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, and The Memory of Midnight came out the following year. A resident of York, the ancient city that inspires much of her work, she has since written several more books.
Genre: Historical
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