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I hope this will bring all Age of Sail aficionados out there a little extra-cheer. May you and your loved ones have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed Yule! Neither is complete without a decent ghost story, read by candlelight, accompanied by a mug of hot cocoa.

THE RADIANT BOY (*.pdf file)
Four Ghost Stories from the Age of Sail
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I’ve promised you a special treat in celebration of our favourite admiral’s birthday, and here it is! You can download the story “Last Service” (an excerpt from the book “The Radiant Boy - Four Ghost Stories in the Age of Sail” by Emma Collingwood) for free!

Old Cuddy, Horatio Nelson and the Victory in one tale, who could ask for more? Have fun!

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"The Last Journey of HMS Dover" is a naval ghost story set in the late 18th century, taken from my book "The Radiant Boy - Four Ghost Stories from the Age of Sail". While the book is only available as a paperback, you now have the unique chance to download this one tale all through November for only £ 1.99.

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The wonderful 18th Century Blog is holding its yearly give-away, and you can win my book "The Radiant Boy - Four Ghost Stories from the Age of Sail", illustrated by Amandine de Villeneuve!

CLICK HERE FOR THE CONTEST

The contest is open worldwide; deadline is 21 August (7pm EST) and all you have to do is leaving a comment and crossing your fingers.

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I should really pay more attention to the sales of my books. I missed that magical moment when I jumped from Amazon Bestseller Rank 3’799’608 to 908 (I was there for 722, though. Good times!)

If I’d check my statistics more than twice a year, I would have seen the two lovely reviews left for “The Radiant Boy” earlier.

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I've finally figured out how Amazon works - they order in bunches of five or ten, so whenever somebody orders one of my books, they have it on stock and it becomes available. That's - odd, but hey, I won't complain! It's lovely to see that my first book still finds new readers. Go you, Daniel!

RADIANT BOY (on Amazon.co.uk)


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"The Radiant Boy" has been well-received so far, so I'm one happy Emma. The stories aside, readers told me that they absolutely adored the illustrations by Mlle Amandine de Villeneuve (so do I!) and thought the book curse was a neat extra. Two reviews are now online:

REVIEW BY ANTEROS

"(...) The whole book is a perfect little gem. (...)"

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Wie würdet Ihr "Radiant Boy" übersetzen? Der Begriff existiert in der deutschen Sprache nicht; das Phänomen wäre eine Vision oder ein Traumbild etc.

Hilfe! "Strahlender Junge" klingt irgendwie radioaktiv...

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Finally! The second book in the "Penny, Dreadful & Tarbottom" series is now available on Amazon Germany!

Or make your local bookshop happy and place your order there; you can find the ISBN number of the book below.

"THE RADIANT BOY"

Four Ghost Stories from the Age of Sail

Written by Emma Collingwood
Illustrations by Amandine de Villeneuve
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