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Victoria Hart
@victoriahart
Independent writer working mainly in historical fiction, with an interest in craft, books and the practical side of publishing.
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About the writer
Victoria Hart writes mainly in historical fiction and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
The smallest detail can change the temperature of a scene.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Victoria Hart
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First draft
The Ledger of Ashes
Set in Bristol in 1817, this novel follows a widowed printer’s clerk who discovers that her late husband has hidden a ledger recording the names of families ruined by a failed merchant house. As she traces the debts through docks, counting rooms, and cramped back streets, she finds the book is not only evidence of fraud but a list of people still willing to destroy each other to keep it buried. The story moves between practical survival and moral compromise, which is usually where history gets interesting.
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