If there is such a thing as cover of the year this book should win hands down . It is absolutely beautiful !
This is an excellent book and I was sorry to reach the end . Gripping and exciting it is set in Lancashire . The year is 1612 and the Witch Trials of Pendle will soon be held .This is the story of two women . Their lives will become bound together as the witch trials are looming .
Fleetwood Shuttleworth is happily married to Richard , but having lost three babies she is desperate to go full term with her fourth. When she discovers a letter from the physician to her husband stating that a fourth child will certainly kill her she is terrified . Then as if by chance she meets Alice Gray , a young midwife . Alice agrees to help her have a healthy baby . The her name is seen on a list of suspected witches . The very women who are to be tried for witchcraft ! The tension mounts from here to a breathtaking finish .
This is an excellent book and I was sorry to reach the end . Gripping and exciting it is set in Lancashire . The year is 1612 and the Witch Trials of Pendle will soon be held .This is the story of two women . Their lives will become bound together as the witch trials are looming .
Fleetwood Shuttleworth is happily married to Richard , but having lost three babies she is desperate to go full term with her fourth. When she discovers a letter from the physician to her husband stating that a fourth child will certainly kill her she is terrified . Then as if by chance she meets Alice Gray , a young midwife . Alice agrees to help her have a healthy baby . The her name is seen on a list of suspected witches . The very women who are to be tried for witchcraft ! The tension mounts from here to a breathtaking finish .