Researching Deborah Swift
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9249 people with the Swift surname? In that year Swift was ranked number 443 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Deborah means "A bee" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Deborah Swift on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Deborah Swift and the Swift Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 12186 people with the Swift surname in the UK? Swift is now ranked number 467 for popularity in the UK. |
Swift Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Swift surname in the USA? Swift is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
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Deborah Swift
Deborah Swift (born 1955), who has also written as Davina Blake, is an English writer of historical fiction, based in north west Lancashire.
Her first published novel was The Lady's Slipper (2010), which alludes to the lady's slipper orchid found in the Silverdale area near her home. Levens Hall features as one of the locations of the book, which is set in 1660 and involves the persecution of local Quakers.
The Gilded Lily (2012) follows some of the same characters but moves the location to London and considers aspects of beauty and cosmetics.
A Divided Inheritance (2013) starts in London in 1609 but the action moves to Seville during the expulsion of the Moors and reflects this turbulent period of European history.
Swift's Shadow on the Highway (2014) is the first of The Highway Trilogy of young adult novels, and is based on the life of highwaywoman Katherine Fanshawe, also known as Lady Katherine Ferrers. The second in the trilogy, Spirit of the Highway (2015) is told in the voice of the ghost of a roundhead farmer's son who loved Katherine. Lady of the Highway (2016) completes the trilogy.
Past Encounters (2014), published under the name Davina Blake, is a story set in Carnforth which features the filming of Brief Encounter at Carnforth railway station in 1944 and uncovers a husband's wartime secrets.
Pleasing Mr Pepys (2017) is a " re-imagining of the events" from the diary of Samuel Pepys. It forms a trilogy with A Plague on Mr Pepys (2018) and Entertaining Mr Pepys (2019).
The Occupation (2019) is set on Jersey under German occupation in 1940.
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