Seána Tinley is an award-winning Irish author. She writes saga historical romance with a strong emphasis on women’s social history. Her novel, The Irish Midwife – a saga like Call the Midwife, but set in 1930s Ireland – was published in September. Seana also writes Regency romance as Catherine Tinley.

The books Seana chose:

Book one

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Book two

Savage Surrender by Charlotte Lamb

Book three

The Marianne Trilogy by Sheri S Tepper (also Jinian and Stavia)

Book four

The Empire Trilogy / Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurtz

Book five 

Frederica by Georgette Heyer (Arrow edition, 1990s)

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