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Welcome to the website of Clare Flynn, award-winning and bestselling author of sixteen historical novels.
A Greater World was Clare’s debut novel 2014. In the years since it was released, Clare has written and published award-winning historical novels taking place across the world, including four books in her hugely popular Penang Series. She also has books available in German and French translation.
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Voyage Round the World -3 – Acapulco and the Pacific
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