TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walters, Minette,
TI  - The last hours
SN  - 9781760294984
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Sydney 
PB  - Allen & Unwin
KW  - Women
KW  - Fiction
KW  - England
KW  - Black death
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Quarantine
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - History
KW  - 14th century
KW  - Dorset (England)
KW  - Edward III, 1327-1377
KW  - Historical fiction
N2  - "When the Black Death enters England through the port of 
       Melcombe in Dorseteshire in June 1348, no one knows what 
       manner of sickness it is or how it spreads and kills so 
       quickly. The Church proclaims it a punishment from God but
       Lady Anne of Develish has different ideas. With her brutal
       husband absent, she decides on more sensible ways to 
       protect her people than the daily confessions of sin 
       recommended by the Bishop. Anne gathers her serfs within 
       the gates of Develish and refuses entry to outsiders, even
       to her husband. She makes an enemy of her daughter by 
       doing so, but her resolve is strengthened by the support 
       of her leading serfs ... until food stocks run low and the
       nerves of all are tested by their ignorance of what is 
       happening in the world outside. The people of Develish are
       alive. But for how long? And what will they discover when 
       the time comes for them to cross the moat?"--Publisher's 
       description.
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