Tidelands

by Philippa Gregory Book 1 in the Fairmile series.

First published 2019

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England, 1648. Alinor, an impoverished healer living on the Sussex tidelands, meets the fugitive royalist priest James Summer and guides him through the marshes. Their secret connection draws her family into the final crisis of the Civil War.

As Parliament tightens its control and rumours of witchcraft spread through the village, Alinor’s knowledge and independence make her vulnerable to envy and accusation. The novel follows the political conflict through poverty, marriage, religion and women’s precarious legal position.