Genres : Medieval

The sleepy Oxfordshire village of Mantle is quintessentially English, with its 14th century church, Victorian school, traditional pub, and a large oval-shaped green. But beneath its pretty façade, trouble is brewing. Marable Willow runs a Night School, an educational forum, intent on redressing the balance between official, male versions of history, and a female-oriented re-examination of the past, and of the women who’ve been ignored by an arrogant, patriarchal establishment. However, according to George Spragg, leader of the Village Council,...