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A Better Doomsday
Sholto Plunkett, having lost his entire family to the plague, has retreated to his farm and his bitterness - until a chance encounter on the road changes his life. Elderly royalist Sir Rufus Quarry becomes Sholto’s new employer, mentor, and friend - and Sholto quickly becomes embroiled in subterfuge and daring rescues, is nearly murdered, and falls hopelessly in love with Sir Rufus’s lovely granddaughter Barbara. As the Parliament and his new-found family’s enemies circle ever closer, the story builds to a nail-biting climax. Can Sholto save the day, save Sir Rufus, and win the girl?
Also available on Audiobook
read by award-winning narrator Clive Hayward and includes specially commissioned music performed by Sam Brown. ©2026 Lindsey Erith (P)2026 The Other Operation
Listen up!
A Better Domesday audiobook is out now!
Once again, Lindsey Erith's characters are brought to life by the fabulous Clive Hayward in this absorbing audiobook, produced by The Other Operation, Landon Park Studios.
My Story
I was born in Reigate, the daughter of the photographer John Erith, and began life as a happy child in the countryside. After surviving a girls’ public school and coming to terms with severe health problems, I went on to achieve a graphics Diploma at art school. This gave an entry to equine and human portraiture and strengthened my interest in character and likeness.
My work also includes a double portrait of the eminent dentist who discovered the significance of fluoride, and a first-day cover which printed a quarter of a million. I also illustrate work freelance in music publicity.
Woven throughout my life has been an abiding passion for music. My love of music led to the love of my life and a Valentine’s Day happy marriage to the distinguished producer of classical recordings, John Boyden, whose unwavering belief in me opened the gateway to submitting my first manuscript for publication: “Mary Florida”. I have secretly scribbled throughout my life, writing stories, and eventually completing this one. But I didn't dare hope anything of mine would ever be published, until John emboldened me to contemplate such a thing.
"Mary Florida" was accepted by the first Publisher I approached, and I proudly proclaim my novel “a Romance” replete with a reinvented hero!
At last I have found personal and professional fulfilment.
Audiobooks
Read by Clive Hayward
Sholto Plunket, John Blackavise and Hugh Malahide are brought to life in these exceptional Audiobooks of Lindsey Erith's novels, A Better Domesday, Wanton Troopers and Mary Florida, available now on Audible.
Produced by Landen Park Studios, read by the eminent British actor of stage and screen, Clive Hayward and featuring specially commissioned live music from the master lutenist, Sam Brown.
Articles & Interviews
Listen to Lindsey
Culture Club, 2023 - Mary Florida
Culture Club, 2025 - Wanton Troopers
Cirencester Radio, Penny's Picks, with Penny Carpenter, 2025 - Wanton Troopers
Reader Reviews
There is a really strong sense of the 1640s, evoked partly by the writing and also by the descriptions of the rural setting. You can vividly feel the anxiety of the villagers who are suffering deprivation due to the fighting and can’t pay their rent, to the poor family who have lost 2 sons to the war and the third one has returned with a peg leg, to Hugh’s uncle who can no longer manage the estate without his rents and even to the desperadoes who turn to highway robbery to provide sustenance. This is a very assured window into a world that is lost to us.
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