Charlotte Betts

Waterstones in the Oracle, Reading, recommend The Apothecary’s Daughter as the ‘new’ Perfume by Patrick Suskind. Now that’s a comparison I’m very happy to live with! Tweet

The Apothecary’s Daughter is on the Staff Recommendation Table in Waterstones in Staines. I’m so thrilled! Hmm. ‘Dark, dangerous and addictive.’  I rather like that.

I’ve just arrived home and I’m buzzing! The book-signing in Waterstones, Newbury, went really well.

The Apothecary’s Daughter – Book Club questions for discussion.

Since Christmas is nearly here I thought you might like to read an excerpt from The Apothecary’s Daughter, which takes place on Christmas Day 1665, the year of the plague. Christmas day dawned fair and clear. Susannah scraped the ice off the inside of the bedchamber window and peered out at the snow-covered courtyard below….