A brilliant new departure from this best-selling author.
Based on much research, Mary Hooper tellingly conveys how the atmosphere in London changes from a disbelief that the plague is anything serious, to the full-blown horror of the death carts and being locked up - in effect to die - if your house is suspected of infection. Instead of giving Hannah a hearty welcome, Sarah is horrified that Hannah did not get her message to stay away - the Plague is taking hold of London.
Hannah does not however get the reception she expected from her sister Sarah. At the Sign of the Sugared Plum is a YA historical novel about two sisters living in London in 1665, the year that the Great Plague wiped out more than a third. 'Wouldn' t think you'd want to go there Times like this, I would have thought your sister would try and keep you away.' Hannah is oblivious to Farmer Price's dark words, excited as she is about her first ever trip to London to help her sister in her shop 'The Sugared Plum', making sweetmeats for the gentry. At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper is a story of a young woman, Hannah, in an unusual setting: London in the time of the plague. The spine remains undamaged.\n'You be going to live in the city, Hannah?' Farmer Price asked, pushing his battered hat up over his forehead. Hannahs first-person narrative vividly evokes her. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. In this lively story, Mary Hooper gives us all the sights, sounds, and smells of 17th century London life. 'Wouldn't think you'd want to go there Times like this, I would have thought your sister would try and keep you away.A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. recipes & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- 'You be going to live in the city, Hannah?' Farmer Price asked, pushing his battered hat up over his forehead. NICE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 169 pp. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Having survived the terrible Plague of 1665, escaping with her older sister Sarah from the horrors of London at the conclusion of At the Sign of the Sugared Plum, Hannah returns once again to the great metropolis in this second story devoted to her (mis)adventures. At the Sign of the Sugared Plum ISBN 9781582348490 1582348499 by Mary Hooper - buy, sell or rent this book for the best price. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners.
Thus.* Impression: 11th.* Date of Publication: 2003* Publisher: Bloomsberry.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.
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