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Nigel Farndale
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Nigel Farndale

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Nigel Farndale is the author of The Blasphemer, which was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Novel Award. His previous books include Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce, which was shortlisted for the 2005 Whitbread Biography Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He was born and raised in the Yorkshire Dales and now lives on the Hampshire-Sussex border with his wife and their three sons.

Books by Nigel Farndale

The Dictator’s Muse

Set in the run-up to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and featuring the enigmatic figure of the film-maker Leni Riefenstahl - 'Hitler's muse' - a story about love, secrets and betrayal.

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The Blasphemer

Shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Novel Award, an astonishing, ambitious and masterful new novel, with echoes of Birdsong, that reads at the pace of a thriller.

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The Road Between Us

From the author of the acclaimed The Blasphemer, a stunning new novel ranging from forbidden love in World War Two to the painful return of a man kept hostage in today's Afghanistan.

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