Radical Woman (Tildy #5)
Sara Fraser
Freed at last from the threatening presence of her violent husband, Tildy continues her solitary struggle to earn a living for herself and little Davy.
At the Fountain Needle Mill she gets work in the lye wash gruelling toil for pitiful wages, wages that she desperately needs, so to stay working it is only prudent to stay out of trouble.
But the tragedy of twelve-year-old Meg Tullett, a simple-minded wench raped by one of the mill’s overlookers, spurs Tildy into action.
Unable to control her temper when she discovers what has happened, Tildy is determined to get justice and attempts to have the man prosecuted and hung.
With no evidence to back up her claims apart from the shaky testimonial of a terrified Meg, Tildy sees with new clarity the brutal injustice of a law which fails to hear the plight of those who need protection the most.
When Josh Dyson, a skilled and handsome worker at the mill, secretly tells Tildy of his revolutionary aspirations against the ruling classes, she realises they have more in common than she thought.
Josh plans to form a risky and forbidden ‘combination’, a union of organized workers. His knowledge and vision inspire Tildy, but powerful forces are at work against them.
The smiling Nathanial Farrel, who like Tildy lodges at Mother Readman’s, for example.
What is his real mission in the district?
Tildy needs all her wits about her because if the activities of the combination are uncovered, there could be grave consequences.
Radical Woman is a vivid portrayal of a woman’s struggle for independence in nineteenth century England. It is the latest instalment in Sara Fraser’s historical fiction saga.
Sara Fraser is the pen-name of marine commando and foreign legionnaire Roy Clews. Fraser is the author of The Surgeon’s Apprentice, Til Death Do us Part and The Healing Nightfall , among many others. Fraser has written a number of mysteries as well as a number of novels influenced by a life of travel and work all over the world.
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