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The Wheelwright’S Daughter
Can she save herself from a witch's fate?
Martha is a feisty and articulate young woman, the daughter of a wheelwright, living in a Herefordshire village in Elizabethan England.Â
Martha longs to escape the confines and small-mindedness
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Can she save herself from a witch's fate?
Martha is a feisty & articulate young woman, the daughter of a wheelwright, living in a Herefordshire village in Elizabethan Engl&.Â
Martha longs to escape the confines & small-mindedness of a community driven by religious bigotry & poverty. As she is well-versed in herbal remedies, Martha is suspected of being a witch. When a landslip occurs
- opening up a huge chasm in the centre of the village
- she is blamed for it & pursued remorselessly by the villagers.
But can her own wits & the love of local stablehand Jacob save her from a witch's persecution & death...
A brilliant & accomplished novel that perfectly captures the febrile atmosphere of Elizabethan village life in an age when suspicion & superstition were rife.Â
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781800481466
• Author: Eleanor Porter
• Publisher: Boldwood Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 310
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.78 cm
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