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The Sleeper

Rica Hene

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Historicalfictionbased ontrueevents aftertheauthorcameacrossapiece of 17thcenturysilver.
Basedontheresearchtheauthorsubsequentlydid onthesilverpieceanditscreator.
The original story, on which this novel is based, was widely reported in the Yorkshire press

Abraham Barachin, a penniless young silversmith found himself in Hull after a chance encounter with a stranger
in achurchin Parisduringthelate17thcentury,The strangertold him a bizarrestory abouttheneed to return
somesilverpiecesbelonging tohis latewifewhohadhailedfrom England.Abrahamsettled inHull and made
a good life for himself. Thereareveryfewverifiablefactsabouthislife.

Overthreehundredyearslater,ClareCartwrightwaslivingalonewiththecatsthatoncebelongedtoher
daughterwhohadlongsinceflownthenest.Shewastryingto putherself togetheragainhavingbeenwidowed.
Inan effort to regainsomenormality in herlife, sherevived anold interestandpurchasedasmallpiece of 17th
silverwhichhadbeenmade inHull. Shethendiscoveredsomethingalarming aboutit andspentthenextfew
years researching it, with spectacular results. Her search took her to Hull, where, previously, she had had no
reasontovisit. Todistractherfromhergrief, afriendsuggested aholidaywhichtook themtoStPetersburg,
Moscow,Rigaand Amsterdam.Ineachof theseplaceClarefoundconnectionsto17thcenturyHull

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Rica Hene’sfascinationwith17 centurystood heringoodsteadwhenasmallsilvercupfromtheperiod
caughthereyein2015. Shethoughtit lookedinterestingbutdidnotknowjusthowinterestinguntil what
followed exceeded her wildest expectations. These finding inspired to her to write her first novel.

Publication Date: 28th November 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781836280798
Themasubjectcategory:FV–Historical fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 400 pp Portrait Author location: London
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