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It is 1876, and as the corruption of the ruling classes seeping ever deeper into the lives of ordinary folk in the town of Rufford in Maine, Hannah Trevor, the town's midwife, is finally discovering some peace after years of turmoil. For Hannah, already with child, is soon to marry her lover Daniel Josselyn and become mistress of Mapelton Grange. But there is trouble looming - Dr Samuel Clinch has petitioned the Magistrate's Court to bring charges against her over the death of a patient. So imagine Hannah's horror when, out ...

The Burning Bride 2000, Pan Books, London

ISBN-13: 9780330372657

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ISBN-13: 9780380796120

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The Burning Bride 1999, Macmillan, London

ISBN-13: 9780333746455

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The Burning Bride

2000, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9780330372657

The Burning Bride

1999, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780380796120

The Burning Bride

1999, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780333746455

The Burning Bride

1998, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780380976201

Books by Margaret Lawrence

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jandr

Jul 31, 2008

Intricate plotting, good history, strong heroine

Intricate plotting -- a bit too much so for me, but probably not for most. What I loved: Hannah Trevor, a strong, independent midwife and her almost-deaf eight year old daughter. Also, the detailed, responsible historical background, both in the depiction of daily life and in the specific details of Shay's Rebellion. I'll never again think of the Revolutionary War as quaint and relatively bloodless. Like all wars, it was bloody and horrible. The story is told inventively -- (fictional) court documents , recipes , the heroine's journal, and "Piecing the Evidence," as in piecing a quilt. In fact, quilting is the guiding metaphor for this, as for the earlier two in the Hannah Trevor trilogy. All are memorable.

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