The Merrybegot

Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. [iv], 265. Pictorial wraps. Published as The Minister's Daughter in the U.S.

Toning to page edges, else Fine.

Young adult fiction set in a remote West Country village during the English Civil War. When one of the minister's daughters falls pregnant she and her sister attempt to shift blame by accusing Nell, the local healer's granddaughter, of putting a curse on them. "Hearn has the skill of a conjurer and her novel casts a spell." –Sunday Times