Seven Dials bags Escape to the Chateau duo's story

Seven Dials has acquired a book by the stars of the Channel 4 series "Escape to the Chateau" that will be hitting shelves in October 2020 as "a superlead release". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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News Corp. for First Time Details Tabloid Bribe for Story on Child Killer

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Ebury to tell Spalls' sailing story

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