I just found out we're getting a second print run in the US!!!

Secrets of an English Country House pre-orders are so strong because of you!

Hello friends! I have to be honest with you — I wasn’t sure I was going to share this yet. But you’re my people, and you deserve to know first.

My publisher just told me that because the preorders for Secrets of an English Country House are so strong, we are getting a second print run in the United States!

I cried a little. I’m not going to pretend I didn’t.

Here’s the thing they also told me — and I want you to really hear this — preorders can make or break a book. They are how publishers decide whether a book has a life beyond its launch day. Every single preorder tells them: this matters, print more, get it into more shops, put it in front of more people.

So if you’ve been thinking about it, now is the moment. Please.

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What is the book?

Secrets of an English Country House: A Year at Mapperton is the most personal thing I’ve ever written. It follows a full year at Mapperton — the seasons, the 900-year history, the extraordinary archive discoveries, and the very real, occasionally chaotic reality of keeping a 500-year-old estate alive. The reservoir that emptied itself the day before a wedding. The son who freed a thousand pheasants across the valley. The Regency sketchbook found untouched in a 200-year-old writing table. The countess who met Napoleon in exile and wrote home about it.

It’s all in there.

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Preorder before 23 September 2026 and you’ll receive:

If you’re a current Mapperton Live! Patron: — A place on an exclusive live Patron Q&A with me — A monthly digital scrapbook of unpublished images from the book — A Patron-only downloadable signed bookplate — One more surprise to come!

If you’re not yet a Patron: — 3 months free Mapperton Live! membership at Hogarth level (starting launch day, 24 September) — Entry to win 1 of 100 places in a live Non-Patron Q&A with me — A downloadable signed bookplate — A Christmas card from Luke and me, by post in December.

Preorder from Barnes & Noble, Books.org, Amazon US or Amazon UK — then complete the form at the link below to claim your gifts.

Thank you. Genuinely. This community is the reason that second print run is happening.

With so much love from Mapperton,

xx Julie