THE LAST HOURS

By Minette Walters

Synopsis

1348: The Black Death enters England and people start to die in their thousands. In the demesne of Develish, Lady Anne takes control of her people's future. Along with her slave, Thaddeus Thurkell, they decide to quarantine Develish by bringing the serfs inside the walls. With this sudden overturning of the accepted social order, where serfs exist only to serve their lords, conflicts soon arise…

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Narrator	Helen Keeley
Length	15hrs 30mins
Catalogue No.	12347
Publisher	Clipper Audio; 2017

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