The Good Wife
Book description
'Eleanor Porter is a major new voice in historical fiction.' Tim Clayton
Where will her loyalty lead her?
Once accused of witchcraft Martha Spicer is now free from the shadow of the gallows and lives a safe and happy life with her husband, Jacob. But when Jacob heads north to…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Good Wife as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I’m a fan of historical fiction, and love novels that portray the social norms and attitudes of other eras in all their contradictory messiness. This novel shares the Elizabethan age in England, with its wild new ideas (alchemy) and its rootedness in a superstitious past (a belief in witchcraft).
Alone while her husband is away, Martha’s healing skills bring her unwanted attention. She must set out on the road to find her husband, traveling northwards through the countryside, surviving by wit, intelligence, and determination. Both the richness of the upper class, and the isolated poverty of the working class, are…
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