Fortune's Wheel: The First Meonbridge Chronicle (The Meonbridge Chronicles, Band 1) - Softcover

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How do you recover from the havoc wrought by history’s cruellest plague?

An immersive story of loss, resilience, and the fragile ties that bind people together.

It’s June 1349. In Meonbridge, a Hampshire manor, the plague has gone at last, leaving behind anguish and bewilderment. Many have lost their lives, amongst them Alice atte Wode’s beloved husband and Eleanor Titherige’s widowed father. Even the family of the manor’s lord and his wife, Margaret de Bohun, has not entirely escaped.

But, for the survivors, new tensions arise. With so many of their fellow workers lost, those left now realise their labour is more precious––surely, they can demand higher wages and dictate their own lives?

The old order between lord and tenants is beginning to crumble.

When the tensions deepen into violence and disorder, the men––lord and villagers alike––seem unable to find a resolution. So the women––Alice, Eleanor and Margaret––must step forward to find a way out of the conflict that threatens to tear 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 absorbing human drama, authentic medieval settings, and strong but credible female characters, you will love Fortune’s Wheel, the first book in THE MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES.

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