Fortune's Wheel: The First Meonbridge Chronicle: 1 (The Meonbridge Chronicles)

How do you recover when half your neighbours are dead from historys cruellest plague?June 1349. In Meonbridge a Hampshire manor the Black Death has wiped out half its population among them Alice atte Wodes husband and Eleanor Titheriges entire family. Even the manors lord and his wife Margaret de Bohun have not escaped the horror.Now the plague is over its a struggle to return to normal life with so much to do and so few left to do it. Tensions mount between the de Bohuns and their tenants as the workers realise their scarceness means they can demand higher wages 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 end the conflict that is tearing 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 OtherIf 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. Discover for yourself the compelling story of Meonbridges survival.