Life in Tudor England was very hard for all but the landed gentry. The fear of witchcraft was prominent in people's minds.
When Mary True's parents are taken to London and burned as witches, she knows that they-as well as so many others-are innocent. She follows them to the big city. Penniless, barefoot, lost, and knowing no one, she is determined to know the truth. Why were her parents so wrongfully punished?
Crumbs, talk about a bodice ripper. Peasant girl gets raped by bullying toff and after various adventures finds out she is really also a toff. Gets revenge on other people but swoons into the arms of her rapist and marries him! Although the book is interspersed with some interesting historical facts about the period the storyline is a little unbelievable
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