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London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst - that Clara has died in care - the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed - by her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why.Less than a mile from Bess' lodgings in the...

Dreading the worst - that Clara has died in care - the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed - by her.

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A Sunday Times bestseller!Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . .London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate newborn at the Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the daughter she has never known. Dreading the worst, that she has died in care, she is astonished to discover someone pretending to be Bess has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who...

From the Author of the Sunday Times Bestseller, Mrs. England! In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch… But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all. Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill's Gawthorpe Hall, is with child. Anxious to produce an heir, she is distraught to find a letter from her physician that warns her husband she will not survive this ...

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In a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman is the greatest risk of all . . . 'This beautiful tale of women and witchcraft and the fight against power was a delight from start to finish' Jessie Burton'The new Hilary Mantel' Cosmopolitan 'Captivating' Sunday Express 'A must-read novel' Heather Morris 'Truly spellbinding' Good Housekeeping'Gripping' Observer 'A brilliant debut' Daily Telegraph

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Fleetwood is pregnant for the fourth time but has not yet had a surviving child. A midwife she crosses paths with promises to see to it the new baby will live, and as the witchcraft accusations sweeping the North West take on the midwife, Fleetwood stands by her, with the two women's lives entangled irrevocably as the birth and the legendary Lancaster witch trial get closer. For fans of "The Essex Serpent" and "Burial Rites".

From the Author of the Sunday Times Bestseller, Mrs. England! In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch… But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all. Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill's Gawthorpe Hall, is with child. Anxious to produce an heir, she is distraught to find a letter from her physician that warns her husband she will not survive this ...