The Wicked and the Just
345 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 2012
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ISBN: 9780547688374
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: 17 April 2012
Description
This powerful historical fiction debut, set in medieval Wales, follows Cecily whose family is lured by cheap land and the duty of all Englishman to help keep down the “vicious” Welshmen, and Gwenhwyfar, a Welsh girl who must wait hand and foot on her new English mistress. As issues of prejudice, heritage, and occupation come to a head, both girls have to find a way to survive.