The Last Hours

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 547 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. A Deadly Plague Is Spreading Across The Land...

Publishers Description: A deadly plague is spreading across the land… June, 1348: the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in the county of Dorsetshire. Unprepared for the virulence of the disease, and the speed with which it spreads, the people of the county start to die in their thousands. In the estate of Develish, Lady Anne takes control of her peoples future including the lives of two hundred bonded serfs. Strong, compassionate and resourceful, Lady Anne chooses a bastard slave, Thaddeus Thurkell, to act as her steward. Together, they decide to quarantine Develish by bringing the serfs inside the walls. With this sudden overturning of the accepted social order, where serfs exist only to serve their lords, conflicts soon arise. Ignorant of what is happening in the world outside, they wrestle with themselves, with God and with the terrible uncertainty of their futures. Lady Annes people fear starvation but they fear the pestilence more. Who amongst them has the courage to leave the security of the walls And how safe is anyone in Develish when a dreadful event threatens the uneasy status quo.. Industry Reviews "A staggeringly talented writer." Guardian "The countrys bestselling female crime writer" Mirror "Minette Walters is an adventurous novelist" The Times "A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know" Sunday Express "Minette Walters is a master at building engrossing tales around a single, life-shattering event." Washington Post "Atmosphere, imagination and narrative power of which few other writers are capable" The Times

ISBN: 9781760632137