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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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Smugglers of Sussex
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Cuckmere Valley during WW2 and its strategic role in the defence of the realm. Today I’m going to look at another of its claims to fame – as the beating heart of an enormous smuggling operation. Smuggling was big business in...
The Invasion that Never Happened
My teenage years were spent in Eastbourne, growing up in the shadow of the Downs, swimming from the beach and hanging out in the various hostelries of the town. Now that I've returned to live here I'm rediscovering the charms of the town and its surrounds. One thing...
First Impressions
In honour of Valentine's Day I thought it would be fun to share some extracts of first meetings from my novels, thinking of the words of Dostoyevsky - "We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly,...
