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Christine Trent

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Christine Trent is the author of ST. CLEMENTS BLUFF, Book 1 in her new Heart of St. Mary's County series set in her beloved Maryland hometown.

She is also the author of the ROYAL TRADES series about women in unusual professions, including THE QUEEN'S DOLLMAKER (a dollmaker to Marie Antoinette), A ROYAL LIKENESS (an apprentice to the great waxworker, Madame Tussaud), and BY THE KING'S DESIGN (a cloth merchant to the Prince Regent). These books were re-released in 2023.

Christine is best known for her LADY OF ASHES series featuring Violet Harper, a Victorian undertaker with a passion for her macabre work. Christine's latest entry in this historical mystery series is THE DEADLY HOURS, an anthology written with Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, and ...more

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Average rating: 3.62 · 10,363 ratings · 1,668 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady of Ashes (Lady of Ashes, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 3,473 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stolen Remains (Lady of Ashes, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen's Dollmaker 3.69 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Virtuous Death (Lady of Ashes, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mourning Bells (Lady of Ashes, #4) 3.48 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death at the Abbey (Lady of Ashes, #5) 3.71 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Cure for the Dead (Florence Nightingale Mystery #1) 3.65 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Murderous Malady (Florence Nightingale Mystery #2) 3.79 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the King's Design 3.71 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Royal Likeness 3.78 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Available Now! St. Clements Bluff, Book 1 of the new Heart of St. Mary’s County series

Happy Summer to you! I know, I know, where have I been?

I appreciate your patience over the past couple of years. I took a hiatus from writing while resolving some personal things and while serving on the Historical Novel Society North American (HNSNA) Conference board, but, as they say, “I’m baaaaaack.”

Hot off the press is my latest novel, St. Clements Bluff . It’s the first of a new series, Th Read more of this blog post »

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Christine Trent wrote a new blog post Shop Amazon Prime Days and Save! Happy Summer! I hope you had a great July 4th. I have recently learned how to pick crabs. It’s hard work to get to that succulent meat, but it’s oh-so Read more of this blog post »
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Christine Trent answered Judith's question: Hi Christine, Any word on the next Lady of Ashes book? I'm just starting #6. Thanks. Judy Nappa Hi Judy! I am furiously working on #7, Street of Tombs. Violet will be visiting the ancient ruins of Pompeii and finding dead bodies among the plaster casts that were being made at the time. I'm hoping to have it published within a year, but I don't See Full Answer
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“Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom—all, which makes death a hideous show.”
― Christine Trent, Lady of Ashes

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“Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) American President (1861–1865)”
― Christine Trent, Lady of Ashes

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“I don’t need a medium. I should just push him out the window mys—”
― Christine Trent, A Virtuous Death

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The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner

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The Queen's Dollmaker by Christine Trent

9 votes, 18.8%

Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund

8 votes, 16.7%

The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland

6 votes, 12.5%

Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford

5 votes, 10.4%

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