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The familiars / Stacey Halls.
Van Pelt Library PR6108.A4964 F36 2019
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LIBRA PR6108.A4964 F36 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halls, Stacey, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Witch hunting.
- Midwifery.
- History.
- Pendle Hill (England)--Fiction.
- Pendle Hill (England).
- Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--17th century--Fiction.
- England--Pendle Hill.
- England--Lancashire.
- Midwives--Fiction.
- Midwives.
- Midwifery--Fiction.
- Pregnant women--Fiction.
- Pregnant women.
- Female friendship--Fiction.
- Female friendship.
- Witch hunting--Fiction.
- Trials (Witchcraft)--Fiction.
- Trials (Witchcraft).
- Historical fiction. .
- Witchcraft--Fiction.
- Paranormal fiction.
- Local Subjects:
- Great Britain--History--17th century--Fiction.
- Pendle Hill (England)--Fiction.
- Trials (Witchcraft)--Fiction.
- Female friendship--Fiction.
- Historical fiction. .
- Midwifery--Fiction.
- Witchcraft--Fiction.
- Midwives--Fiction.
- Pregnant women--Fiction.
- Witch hunting--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Paranormal fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : MIRA Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Pendle Hill Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth is with child again. As the mistress of Gawthorpe Hall, she is anxious to provide her husband with an heir. But none of her previous pregnancies have come to term. Then she discovers a hidden letter from her physician that warns her husband that she will not survive another pregnancy. Distraught over the frightening revelation, Fleetwood wanders the woods of Pendle Hill, where she meets a young local woman named Alice Gray. A midwife, Alice promises Fleetwood she can help her deliver a healthy baby. But soon Alice is drawn into the frenzied accusations of witchcraft sweeping the countryside. Even the woodland creatures, the "familiars," are suspected of practicing the dark arts. Can Fleetwood trust that Alice is really who she says she is? As the two women's lives become intertwined, Fleetwood must risk everything to prove Alice's innocence in order to save her own unborn child. The hunt for witches reaches fever pitch. Time is running out. The trials are about to begin. Both their lives are at stake. Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other. Set against the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612, this rich and compelling novel draws its characters from historical figures as it explores the lives and rights of seventeenth-century women, ultimately raising the question: Is witch-hunting really just women-hunting?"-- Dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9780778369189
- 0778369188
- 9780778308676
- 0778308677
- OCLC:
- 1085234724
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