Pay in 4 interest-free payments of $2.75 Learn more
Ships within 48 hours · Estimated delivery Jul 28 - Aug 2
scholarly and immensely readable portrait
From Hadrian's Wall in the far north via Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain to Dover Castle guarding the Straits you will be taken on an historical puzzle journey across the length and breadth of England
memory and motion
monstrous Kilandrar
Precious Bane - Mary Webb Genre:Historical fiction scholarly and immensely readable portraitBrighter and better than Thomas Hardy . . . a marvellous writer' Eloise Millar, GuardianPrudence Sarn was born with a cleft palate, her 'precious bane', for which she is persecuted as a witch by her superstitious neighbours. Hiding from daily ridicule, she takes refuge in the wild Shropshire countryside, developing a profound love of nature. Furtively, Prue longs to be loved and harbours a hopeless passion for Kester Woodseaves, the weaver. Prue's