https://www.facebook.com/AllenandUnwinBooks/photos/a.99183951158.110882.99174606158/10155900845621159/WIN: Not out until October, be one of the first to read Minette Walters' compelling and suspenseful novel The Last Hours.
To enter: tell us what period of history most fascinates you & why?When the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in Dorseteshire in June 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is or how it spreads and kills so quickly.
The Church proclaims it a punishment from God but Lady Anne of Develish has different ideas. With her brutal husband absent, she decides on more sensible ways to protect her people than the daily confessions of sin recommended by the Bishop. Anne gathers her serfs within the gates of Develish and refuses entry to outsiders, even to her husband.
She makes an enemy of her daughter by doing so, but her resolve is strengthened by the support of her leading serfs … until food stocks run low and the nerves of all are tested by their ignorance of what is happening in the world outside. The people of Develish are alive. But for how long? And what will they discover when the time comes for them to cross the moat?
Compelling and suspenseful, The Last Hours is a riveting tale of human ingenuity and endurance against the worst pandemic known to history. In Lady Anne of Develish - leader, saviour, heretic - Walters has created her most memorable heroine to date.
Competition open to Aus/NZ residents only, entries close 10am AEST Monday 4 September, twenty advance copies to giveaway across Facebook & Instagram with winners announced in the comments. Good luck!
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