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The Midwife's Tale (Midwife Mysteries, #1) by Samuel S. Thomas is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>In the tradition of Arianna Franklin and C. J. Sansom comes Samuel Thomasâs remarkable debut, <i>The Midwifeâs Tale</i></p><p>It is 1644, and Parliamentâs armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebelsâ hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridgetâs friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to be burnt alive. Convinced that her friend is innocent, Bridget sets out to find the real killer.</p><p>Bridget joins forces with Martha Hawkins, a servant whoâs far more skilled with a knife than any respectable woman ought to be. To save Esther from the stake, they must dodge rebel artillery, confront a murderous figure from Marthaâs past, and capture a brutal killer who will stop at nothing to cover his tracks. The investigation takes Bridget and Martha from the homes of the cityâs most powerful families to the alleyways of its poorest neighborhoods. As they delve into the life of Estherâs murdered husband, they discover that his ostentatious Puritanism hid a deeply sinister secret life, and that far too often tyrann
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- Author
- Samuel S. Thomas
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press/Minotaur
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250010766
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (2,184 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14