This is the book everyone is talking about and rightly so. A story about a seventeen year old girl, Fleetwood Shuttleworth. Still so young yet married and is under pressure to have a baby, as a mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she must provide a heir.
Weaved through the story are the legends of the infamous witchcraft and trials in the area of Pendle. When Fleetwood meets Alice Gray she forms a strong bond with this young midwife, hoping she can help her have a healthy baby.
As much as Fleetwood needs Alice, she must also help to save her in a race against time as the trials commence.
A story seeped in history and magic , you feel the energy of both Fleetwood and Alice throughout the story. A thoroughly good read
Weaved through the story are the legends of the infamous witchcraft and trials in the area of Pendle. When Fleetwood meets Alice Gray she forms a strong bond with this young midwife, hoping she can help her have a healthy baby.
As much as Fleetwood needs Alice, she must also help to save her in a race against time as the trials commence.
A story seeped in history and magic , you feel the energy of both Fleetwood and Alice throughout the story. A thoroughly good read