Fortune's Wheel: The First Meonbridge Chronicle (The Meonbridge Chronicles)

How do you recover from the havoc wrought by history's cruellest plague? It's June 1349. In Meonbridge, a Hampshire manor, many have lost their lives to the Black Death, among them Alice atte Wodes beloved husband and Eleanor Titheriges widowed father. Even the family of the manors lord and his wife, Margaret de Bohun, has not entirely escaped. But, now the plague has passed, the people of Meonbridge must work together to rebuild their lives. However, tensions mount between the de Bohuns and their tenants, as the workers realise their new scarceness means they can demand higher wages and dictate their own lives. When the tensions deepen into violence and disorder, and the men lord and villagers alike seem unable to find any resolution, the women Alice, Eleanor and Margaret must step forward to find a way out of the conflict that is tearing Meonbridge apart. A thoroughly researched book, with care given to ensuring that the characters have 14th century attitudes and knowledgegives a strong sense of the reality of the past. Catherine Meyrick, author of Forsaking All Other If you enjoy well-researched, immersive historical fiction, set in a turbulent and challenging time, with strong but credible female characters, youll love Fortunes Wheel, the first of the MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES.