The Archers: Ambridge At War

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Intriguing, comforting and endearingly familiar Katie Fforde
The BBCs most downloaded radio show The Guardian
Incredible legacy The BBC
Longest running drama in the world The iNews
'a gripping plot full of love affairs, deceit, loss and more' Radio Times

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of The Archers hitting the radio waves.
Its 1940 and war has broken out. It is midnight at the turn of the year, and Walter Gabriel speaks the same line that opened the very first radio episode 'And a Happy New Year to you all!' For Ambridge, a village in the heart of the English countryside, this year will bring change in ways no one was expecting.

From the Pargetters at Lower Loxley to the loving, hard-working Archer family at Brookfield Farm, the war will be hard for all of them.And the New Year brings the arrival of evacuees to Ambridge, shaking things up in the close-knit rural community.

As the villagers embrace wartime spirit, the families that listeners have known and loved for generations face an uphill battle to keep their secrets hidden. Especially as someone is intent on revealing those secrets to the whole village . . .

Beautifully produced, with stunning endpapers, this is the perfect read for all Archers fans.

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Intriguing, comforting and endearingly familiarKatie Fforde

The opening words of the first radio episode of The Archers 70 years ago set the scene for a novel that takes readers back to before the much-loved everyday story of country folk began . . . Nostalgia for avid listeners with long memories Choice

In this new novel celebrating the 70th anniversary of the beloved radio show, we follow the lives of the families of Ambridge before it all began . . . families that listeners have known and loved for generations face an uphill battle to keep their secrets hidden Countryside

An inventive cosy crime prequel to the everyday story of country folk, first aired 70 years ago . . . a good novel tautly constructed and often laugh-aloud funny The Times

You dont need to be a fan of The Archers to enjoy this . . . Its a comfort blanket of a book with a rich vein of spicy intrigue Woman

Author Bio

Catherine Miller is the author of 18 novels under her own name and other pseudonyms. Born to an Irish family in London, her career took her from producing radio commercials to being a voiceover agent for various stellar actors. Nowadays she writes all day at home in Surrey, occasionally lifting her head to raise her daughter and feed the dogs.