Publisher's Synopsis
In 1436 a dispute arose between the people of Sherborne and their abbot over the ownership of a baptismal font. Before it was settled, the abbey was burnt down and a bishop murdered. Some saw the hand of evil at work and blamed Alice de Lambert, a newcomer to the town, accusing her of being a witch. Others saw Alice as a saint. Wolf Wood is set in the turbulent years of the late middle ages. The old feudal aristocracy is losing control, a new middleclass is flexing its muscles, the authority of the church is being questioned, law and order have broken down and England is facing defeat in France. In Wolf Wood (Part Two), the Perrys and the Gascoignes become deeply involved in the civil war that breaks out as the Houses of York and Lancaster compete for control of the realm. Wolf Wood is a work of fiction based on real events.
