Valley of Ravens

Barbara Erskine is the Sunday Times bestselling author of eighteen novels and three volumes of short stories. Her novel The Story Spinner was an instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller in hardback, and her first book, Lady of Hay, has sold more than three million copies worldwide and has never been out of print since it was first published nearly forty years ago. Her books have been translated into over twenty-five languages and are international bestsellers. Barbara lives near Hay-on-Wye in the Welsh borders.

Praise for Barbara Erskine: 'Intriguing, dramatic, beautifully researched' Rachel Hore‘Her forte is mood, atmosphere and the toe-curling frisson’ Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times‘For lovers of top-quality historical and time slip fiction’ Carol Drinkwater‘Barbara Erskine is a divine storyteller, a clever spider who spins a golden web around her readers' Jane Johnson‘Marvellous escapist stuff’ Woman & Home‘I looked forward every day to my reading time knowing this was waiting for me – what a treat!' Elizabeth Chadwick‘All the ingredients Barbara Erskine's fans would expect; real history, myth and mysticism all sewn together into a gripping plot’ Deborah Swift‘Beautifully written and vividly evoking the magic of lost worlds’ Alison Weir‘Moving and magical’ Woman’s Own‘Intricately researched’ Candis‘A wonderfully atmospheric tale of love, ambition, and long buried secrets’ Yours‘The shining star of the genre’ My Weekly‘Magical and moving’ Woman’s Weekly‘Meticulously researched and well written’ Yorkshire Life