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Fiorella De Maria

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Fiorella De Maria is an Anglo-Maltese writer, born in Italy and currently living in Surrey. She grew up in rural Wiltshire and attended Cambridge University, where she received a BA in English Literature and an MPhil in Renaissance Literature. A winner of the National Book Prize of Malta, she has published nine novels, specialising in historical and crime fiction. Fiorella’s novels have received endorsements from veteran author and journalist, Piers Paul Reid, and her most recent novel was described as “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie meets I Capture the Castle.”

Besides writing novels, Fiorella is a qualified English Language teacher and a respected bioethicist. She has delivered lectures and papers at conferences all over the world. Her boo ...more

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	The Sleeping Witness (Father Gabriel, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 2017 — 4 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
	Poor Banished Children 4.12 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Vanishing Woman: A Father Gabriel Mystery 4.18 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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
	Do No Harm 3.90 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	See No Evil: A Father Gabriel Mystery 4.16 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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 Most Dangerous Innocence 4.16 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	We'll Never Tell Them: A Novel 4.39 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Death of a Scholar 4.70 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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
	Missing, Presumed Lost: A Father Gabriel Mystery 4.63 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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
	Hugh O'Flaherty: The Irish Priest Who Resisted the Nazis (Vision Books) 4.60 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2023 — 2 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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Jesus of Nazareth, Part Two: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection

by Pope Benedict XVI

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I Am N: Inspiring Stories of Christians Facing Islamic Extremists

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Inferno

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Fiorella Maria answered lizzie's question: are you going to write another father Gabriel mystery? I am dreading Missing presumed lost right now and it is super good! Thanks! I have an idea growing for the next book, so will hopefully get the chance to start work when my current writing project is complete. I'm so glad that you are enjoying the series, I love disappearing into the world of 1940s Britain and spending some See Full Answer
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Fiorella Maria answered Jessica's question: Hi- My daughter loves your Sakter books. She's wondering if there will be more in the series? Thanks! Hi Jessica! Thank you for your message. I'm so glad your daughter is enjoying the skating series. There is indeed another book planned: The Skater Who Came in from the Cold is currently in preparation 😀 watch this space 😀
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“just show a little humility. If you know your weaknesses you will not be enslaved by them.”
― Fiorella de Maria, Poor Banished Children

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“There are two types of optimism, real optimism and fake, cowardly optimism. Real optimism sees the Valley of Dry Bones and says, ‘These bones will rise!’ Fake, cowardly optimism says, ‘I like these bones. Dry bones are so very artistic to look at.”
― Fiorella de Maria, Do No Harm

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“As Liljana sat stitching a sampler or darning a sock, she dreamed her way into life as a grown woman with her own household to run, her own home to tidy, her own children to mind, and her own husband to cheer after a long day's work as they sat together by the fire. The life that future generations would dismiss as dull and degrading offered Liljana the liberating prospect of being mistress in her own home rather than living to serve others.”
― Fiorella De Maria, We'll Never Tell Them: A Novel

tags: domesticity, joy, liberation, marriage

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