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When We Were Divided

When We Were Divided

Paperback Published on: 12/02/2026
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When We Were Divided
Propulsive and gripping historical fiction: queer, beautiful, moving.
The highlight of this moving and enthralling English civil war novel are the characters at the heart of it: sisters Jane and Isabel. They both have such a ... READ MORE
Jesse at Eastbourne
When We Were Divided
Gripping
I haven't read many books about the civil war but this one really appealed to me. It's a story of two sisters who are divided by the war . One on the parli... READ MORE
Sally Boocock

Synopsis

Expertly crafted and beautifully sensitive, with themes of family and political conflict, and pure but forbidden love, this book will stay with readers for a long time.

Divided by plague, divided by war, divided by love - what will reunite two sisters?

Yorkshire,1643. Civil war divides the country.

Jane mourns the departure of her last boy who goes off to fight for the king. She must find a new way to endure, facing family secrets and her own buried grief.

Isabel is spurred into action, finding herself drawn into the rebel resistance - with unexpected consequences that might mean disaster for her sister Jane.

Kit is left desperate and starving, taking on the identity of a murdered brother. Life in the king's army brings friendship and new hope, and even love at the most perilous moment of all. As these three lives intertwine, each of them will be altered forever.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Fox & Ink Books
  • ISBN: 9781916747869
  • Number of pages: 432
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

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When We Were Divided
A beautiful, heart wrenching story of what civil war does to a family & community.
Set in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, the novel tells the story of two sisters who are divided by their husband’s loyalties in the English civil war. As the ... READ MORE
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When We Were Divided
Exciting and emotional historical fiction set at the time of the civil war
In 1631, life has paused. No church, no trade, no normality. The plague had come. 12 years later, worst was to come, if that was possible. Jane had known ... READ MORE
Suse
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When We Were Divided
Civil war family story
After the plague claims several members of their family, Jane and Isabel find themselves maintaining a wary sibling relationship. When the Civil War begin... READ MORE
Jo-anne Atkinson
When We Were Divided
Evocative and thought-provoking
An established and successful children’s author, Liz Flanagan has now moved into the world of adult fiction with the wonderfully evocative and thought-prov... READ MORE
Kate Gregory
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When We Were Divided
Brilliant book!
I love this book! It has a great sense of place, fantastic story and I liked the time period it was set in as I didn't know much about it before hand. I w... READ MORE
Sue Williams
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When We Were Divided
Divided by war
What a great read and full of emotion and yearning. I liked this book a lot and the history that abounded in Yorkshire in the 1600's. What a family has to ... READ MORE
Julie Smith
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