Fortune’s Wheel, The First Meonbridge Chronicle
By Carolyn Hughes
Audiobook Narrator: Alex Lee
By Carolyn Hughes
Audiobook Narrator: Alex Lee
Publication Date: 22/4/24 (Audiobook)
Publisher: Carolyn Hughes
Listening Length: 11 hours and 54 minutes
Genre: Historical Fiction
How do you recover from the havoc wrought by history's cruellest plague?
It's June 1349. In Meonbridge, a Hampshire manor, many have lost their lives to the Black Death, among them Alice atte Wode’s beloved husband and Eleanor Titherige’s widowed father. Even the family of the manor’s lord and his wife, Margaret de Bohun, has not entirely escaped.
But, now the plague has passed, the people of Meonbridge must work together to rebuild their lives. However, tensions mount between the de Bohuns and their tenants, as the workers realise their new scarceness means they can demand higher wages and dictate their own lives.
When the tensions deepen into violence and disorder, and the men – lord and villagers alike – seem unable to find any resolution, the women – Alice, Eleanor and Margaret – must step forward to find a way out of the conflict that is tearing Meonbridge apart.
Fortune’s Wheel
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Carolyn Hughes
Carolyn Hughes has lived much of her life in Hampshire. With a first degree in Classics and English, she started working life as a computer programmer, then a very new profession. But it was technical authoring that later proved her vocation, word-smithing for many different clients, including banks, an international hotel group and medical instruments manufacturers.
Although she wrote creatively on and off for most of her adult life, it was not until her children flew the nest that writing historical fiction took centre stage. But why historical fiction? Serendipity!
Seeking inspiration for what to write for her Creative Writing Masters, she discovered the handwritten draft, begun in her twenties, of a novel, set in 14th century rural England… Intrigued by the period and setting, she realised that, by writing a novel set in the period, she could learn more about the medieval past and interpret it, which seemed like a thrilling thing to do. A few days later, the first Meonbridge Chronicle, Fortune’s Wheel, was under way.
Six published books later (with more to come), Carolyn does now think of herself as an Historical Novelist. And she wouldn’t have it any other way…
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Your book sounds like a very emotional read. If I may ask, what inspired you to write about this period of history?
ReplyDeleteThe Meonbridge Chronicle is an absolutely fabulous series. I highly recommend Carolyn's books.
DeleteI have never read a book about this era of history. I will certainly be checking it out.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy Fortune’s Wheel.
DeleteI read Squire’s Hazard quite a while ago and I have been meaning to read the rest of the series, thank you for reminding me, Mary Anne!
ReplyDeleteYou are more than welcome. It is such a great series.
DeleteI am so glad to see this book is on audio. I shall be recommending it to my audio bookclub!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Thank you.
DeleteIs your bookclub in person or online? If it is online I would love to join it.
ReplyDeleteIt's online. You can contact me via Twitter: https://x.com/MaddieS39950549 This months book is The Secret Pianist by Andie Newton.
DeleteI am really looking forward to reading this series. That is one think I like about Mary Anne, she always endorses good books. I have not read a bad book yet that she has recommended.
ReplyDeleteThank you, that is so kind.
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