Sybil Marshall

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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1994
  • Latest Book:
    November 2016
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Book List in Order: 8 titles

  • A Nest of Magpies

    """Marshall''s entertaining first novel, set in the 1960s in the secluded town of Old Swithinford, England, is a solid historical romance... The author limns a sympathetic protagonist whose self-analysis is perceptive and complex."" - Publishers Week...

  • Strip the Willow

    Old Swithinford is undergoing more dramatic changes to village life of the late 1960s. It faces the problem of a hippy family in its midst and its gravest threat yet from a developer who has the potential to corrupt the values of the long-established...

  • Chequer-Board

  • Late Lark Singing

    Fran and William, now married at last, hope for a period of calm. But changes, like the arrival of a new rector and a new doctor, William's unhappiness at his return to his job and the difficulty of coping with a new resident in their house, continue...

  • Sharp Through the Hawthorn

    The ancient East Anglian village of Old Swithinford had always seemed to be a haven against trouble. But since middle-aged widow Fran came back to live there three years ago there have been plenty of changes. Fran and William scandalize certain estab...

  • Ring the Bell Backwards

    Fran and William Burbage explore the roots of the family and uncover a fascinating trail of ancestry, from Richard Burgae through Prince Maurice, brother of Rupert of the Rhine, to some secret papers which explain the famous lost week of Charles I....

  • The Silver New Nothing

    Sybil Marshall was the third child born into a fenland smallholder's family before the outbreak of the Great War. They lived in a scattered hamlet in the depths of the Huntingdonshire fens, and got their living from the rich black earth, when flood o...

  • The Book of English Folk Tales

    Master storyteller, social historian, and folklorist Sybil Marshall scoured English history to bring together a fascinating collection of folk tales in one glorious edition. Out-of-print for over thirty years, Overlook is re-issuing this bewitching b...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sybil Marshall has published 8 books.

Sybil Marshall does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Book of English Folk Tales, was published in November 2016.

The first book by Sybil Marshall, A Nest of Magpies, was published in October 1994.

No. Sybil Marshall does not write books in series.
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