Fortune's Wheel: The First Meonbridge Chronicle

By Carolyn Hughes

Book Overview

How do you recover when half your neighbours are dead from history's cruellest plague?

June 1349. In Meonbridge, a Hampshire manor, the Black Death has wiped out half its population, among them Alice atte Wode's husband and Eleanor Titherige's entire family. Even the manor's lord and his wife, Margaret de Bohun, have not escaped the horror.

Now the plague is over, it's a struggle to return to normal life, with so much to do and so few left to do it. Tensions mount between the de Bohuns and their tenants, as the workers realise their scarceness means they can demand higher wages, dictate their own lives.

When the tensions deepen into violence and disorder, and the men - lord and villagers alike - seem unable to find any resolution, the women - Alice, Eleanor and Margaret - must step forward to end the conflict that is tearing Meonbridge apart.

"A thoroughly researched book, with care given to ensuring that the characters have 14th century attitudes and knowledge...gives a strong sense of the reality of the past." Catherine Meyrick, author of Forsaking All Other

If you enjoy well-researched, immersive historical fiction, set in a turbulent and challenging time, with strong but credible female characters, you'll love Fortune's Wheel, the first of the MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES. Discover for yourself the compelling story of Meonbridge's survival.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1916059821
• ISBN13: 9781916059825
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Riverdown Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"