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Lloyd Shepherd's Books
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The English MonsterIn a brilliant historical thriller set in both 16th and 19th century England, a murder investigation reveals the dark underside of the Age of Empire.Read More
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Cairns Post, April 27, 2012
...life with stunning reality. Verdict: Historical murder mystery with supernatural themes. A cracking read. The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd is published by Simon & Schuster, price $29.99. NEW CAIRNS.COM.AU COMMENT POLICY We welcome your comments on...
Londonist, April 11, 2012
... Three debut authors gather at Bookseller Crow on the Hill to read from their work and chat: hear Lloyd Shepherd , Will Wiles (formerly of these parts) and Sophia Blackwell (7.30pm, free). Steve Tasane, Amy McAllister, Lizelah Thaugally and Patric...
Londonist, March 19, 2012
...crimes of 19th Century London until a certain Jack came along. On the 200th anniversary of the murders, Lloyd Shepherd uses his debut novel to pick apart the investigation, while building up a fictitious back-story that spans centuries and continents. ...
Media Bistro, March 16, 2012
...Authors and publishers usually do not like the idea of having their books pirated. But when author� Lloyd Shepherd linking to a request for an eBook version of his book on file sharing site Mobilism, he decided to respond directly. In an essay in the...
Media Bistro, March 16, 2012
...which a user was asking other users for a pirated copy of his book The English Monster, author Lloyd Shepherd decided to respond to the reader seeking the illicit material. He explained that he was the author and asked the user to explain his behavior....
Guardian.co.uk, March 16, 2012
...and there's a lesson in that for all of us. Ebooks Publishing Fiction Piracy Internet Intellectual property Lloyd Shepherd guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Terms & Conditions |...
Guardian.co.uk, March 9, 2012
...topic should be the perfect prescription. (If symptoms persist, please consult actual doctor.) Add you suggestion • Books: Lloyd Shepherd's top 10 weird histories - Lloyd Shepherd, author of The English Monster, chooses his favourite weird...
Londonist, March 1, 2012
...Lloyd Shepherd is a writer whose first novel, The English Monster , is set in Regency-era Wapping and based on the Ratcliffe Highway murders. Here he takes us on a tour of...
The Independent, February 25, 2012
...To the plot then. Or to be precise, the plots. The first (chronologically, at least) concerns a young man named Billy Ablass who, in 1564, heads to Plymouth to seek his fortune at sea. Taken on by one John Hawkyns, Ablass soon discovers that not...
Guardian.co.uk, February 24, 2012
...cobblestones, hansom cabs and pea-soupers on the page as there are on a Sunday evening on the BBC. Lloyd Shepherd takes as his starting point the true-life murder of the Marr and Williamson families in the East End of London in 1811. One winter night, a...
Guardian.co.uk, February 21, 2012
...• The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend • The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd Non-fiction • Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd • The Ecstasy of Influence: Non-fictions, etc. by Jonathan Lethem • Wired for Culture by Mark...
Londonist, February 15, 2012
...alongside Rhodri Marsden and Suzi Ruffell. Competing for their approval are Steve Furst, Katy Darby, Sarah Tucker and Lloyd Shepherd. Two excellent guests at Windsor’s Firestation Book Swap : author DJ Connell and illustrator Steven Appleby join...
