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Best Selling Author at the Old Exeter Inn

Chris gave a fabulous reading from his book, The French Executioner, to an excited audience who filled the Parlour
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March 22, 2022
Chris (right) with David, the owner of the Old Exeter Inn
Called to the bar at the Old Exeter Inn. Chris Humphreys (right) with David Hattersley the landlord.

Best Selling Author Chris Humphreys popped over to Ashburton from his home in Canada in March 2022 to give us a rather special reading of his novel, The French Executioner, on the 20th Anniversary of its publication.

Chris is a very good friend of the owner of the Old Exeter Inn who provided Chris with a comfortable room at his inn in Yorkshire back in 2007, when Chris was on a Reading Circuit having just published his spine chilling account of Dracula – Vlad: The Last Confession. David still has the signed hardback copy which he’s just noticed is worth a fair bit of money! Thanks Chris and we look foward to seeing you again soon, when you may become our Author in Residence!

CC Humphreys reading at the Old Exeter Inn – March 5 2022

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