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Set in 17th-century England, when Cavaliers struggle with Puritans to keep the throne safe for King Charles 1st. The wise and gentle Froniga Haslewood, is caught between two worlds. Divided between her Puritan family at the Oxfordshire village's manor house and her relatives in the Gypsy community, she works using her skill in healing to help those in need. Her cousin Robert, a local squire, is gripped by the prospect of war. Following his boyhood hero, he leaves his family and travels away to fight for the Parliamentarian cause. While his wife Margaret and their twin children wait in the…
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9 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2005White WitchHodder & Stoughton · 416 pages · 9780340840177
- Paperback · English · 1991White WitchHodder & Stoughton Ltd · 408 pages · 9780340024102
- Hardcover · English · 1974Hodder & Stoughton Ltd · 414 pages · 9780340019306
- Paperback · English · 1973Pyramid Books · 508 pages · 9780515031133
- Other · English · 2021White WitchTyndale House Publishers · 9781619708655
- Other · English · 2021White WitchTyndale House Publishers · 9781496470928
FictionFiction in EnglishGreat Britain Civil War, 1642-1649HistoryGreat britain, fictionFiction, historical, general