Author: sarahburton

‘Full of terrific historical detail… has that sparky confidence and unputdownable quality.’ Alison Pearson, judge for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize Orphaned young, H is sent to live with her doting aunt in London. H’s life is a happy one until her lecherous cousin robs her of her innocence, and the plague takes away the city and the people she loves. H is cast out – friendless, pregnant and … – friendless, pregnant and destitute – into the rapidly emptying streets of London under quarantine. Forced to fend for herself, she is determined to gain back the life she lost.…