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Two years on from the treasonous Gunpowder Plot of 1605, and amidst the floods left by England’s notorious Great Frost, unrepentant Catholics are still ready to defy the laws and power of the State to kill for their forbidden beliefs.
Two years on from the treasonous Gunpowder Plot of 1605, one of the perpetrators is still at large and unrepentant Catholics are still ready to kill for their forbidden beliefs.
THE DREAM WEAVERS
By Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins £14.99, 512 pp)
Sequestered away in a secluded cottage on the Welsh/English border, Simon Armstrong is attempting to work on a history of the ruthlessly ambitious Anglo-Saxon ruler Offa, but he s continually interrupted by doors banging and an eerie voice calling out the name Elisedd.
He enlists the help of Bea Dalloway, a sensitive soul who s adept at dealing with ghosts, to banish the bothersome visions.
But Simon finds himself enmeshed in a web of the ancient past, as his teenage daughter is haunted by scenes from the life of vengeful, murderous Eadburh, Offa s youngest daughter.