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Caitlin Davies

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I'm a writer, teacher and journalist, the author of six novels and seven non-fiction books. Many of my early books were inspired by the 12 years I spent in Botswana, where I worked as a teacher, award winning human rights journalist and newspaper editor. My more recent books draw on the stories and history of London. These include The Ghost of Lily Painter, based on the true story of two Edwardian baby farmers, and Family Likeness, inspired in part by the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle ‘Britain’s first black aristocrat’.
Some of my books have a swimming theme, such as Taking the Waters, about the bathing ponds and lido on Hampstead Heath, Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames, and Daisy Belle: Swimming Champion of
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The Ghost of Lily Painter

3.71 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions
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Bad Girls: A History of Reb...

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Place of Reeds

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Queens of the Underworld: A...

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Black Mulberries

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Family Likeness

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Daisy Belle: Swimming Champ...

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Friends Like Us

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Private Inquiries: The Secr...

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Downstream: A History and C...

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