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England, 1216. The war is over. The king is dead. Order has been declared restored. In the village of Fotheringhay, survival depends not on victory or law, but on habit-on who keeps the records, who controls charity, and who decides which lives are worth remembering. When bread meant for the poor begins to vanish quietly from the parish chest, no accusation is spoken aloud. Hunger is punishment enough, and silence protects those who enforce it. Maud is a widowed mother with a sick child and no shield but endurance. She understands what the village will not yet admit: power does not need cruelty to be effective. It only needs procedure. As church and hall close ranks to preserve appearances, Maud and a small circle of parishioners discover a different kind of resistance-not rebellion, but witness. Names written down. Bread counted in daylight. Authority forced into the open. What follows is not a revolution, but something more dangerous: the slow reshaping of custom itself. The Bell of Fotheringhay is a stark, deeply grounded historical novel about how ordinary people endure systems designed to overlook them. Set in the uneasy aftermath of civil war, it explores hunger, faith, memory, and the fragile power of being seen-where justice is never restored, but order, once broken, can be made to return. Content & Audience Note: This is an adult literary historical novel laid out as a slow-burn intended for mature readers. It contains themes of systemic oppression, hunger, illness, religious authority, and social coercion, portrayed realistically and without sensationalism. There is no graphic violence or explicit sexual content, but the tone is serious, restrained, and emotionally demanding.

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