Gallows Wedding : A Dark Novel of Witchcraft and Forbidden Love Set Against the Backdrop of Religious Upheaval in Henry VIII's Times Paperback / softback
by Rhona Martin
Paperback / softback
Description
A strange, haunting story of two ill-starred lovers, set against the backdrop of the religious upheaval of Henry VIII's time.
Hazel, a peasant girl marked by the witches' brand and a dangerous beauty, loves Black John, an outlaw and aristocrat, whom she rescues from the gallows.
Together they struggle to survive a world in which brutal death awaits at every corner, and stumble along a fateful collision towards a harrowing climax.
Winner of the First Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize founded in memory of Georgette Heyer by Bodley Head and Corgi Books.
Rhona Martin's remarkable first novel won the award in 1977, its first year, in competition with 150 entries.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Mereo Books
- Publication Date:03/03/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781861515452
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages
- Publisher:Mereo Books
- Publication Date:03/03/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781861515452