EARLY LEARNING: VERSE & RHYMES. From Humpty Dumpty to Jack and Jill, these twelve classic nursery rhymes and traditional lullabies are beautifully illustrated by the award-winning Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo. Ages 0+
"GOOD FRIDAY, 1612. Pendle Hill, Lancashire. A mysterious gathering of thirteen people is interrupted by local magistrate, Roger Nowell. Is this a witches' Sabbat? Two notorious Lancashire witches are already in Lancaster Castle waiting trial. Why is the beautiful and wealthy Alice Nutter defending them? And why is she among the group of thirteen on Pendle Hill? Elsewhere, a starved, abused child lurks. And a Jesuit priest and former Gunpowder plotter, recently returned from France, is widely rumoured to be heading for Lancashire. But who will offer him sanctuary? And how quickly can he be caught? This is the reign of James I, a Protestant King with an obsession: to rid his realm of twin evils, witchcraft and Catholicism, at any price ..."--Jacket.
V londýnském Claphamu stojí v jedné ulici pěkný jednopatrový dům se zahradou. V prvním poschodí žijí dvě sestry, Beatrix a Pamela, přízemní byt obývají rovněž dvě sestry, Heather a Ismay, dosud neprovdané dcery Beatrix. Nad zdánlivě harmonickou domácností se vznáší stín neblahé události z doby před dvanácti lety. Tehdy v domě tragicky zahynul druhý manžel Beatrix, otčím obou dívek. Kdo nese vinu za smrt otčíma? Je to třináctiletá Heather, která byla v době smrti jediná v domě?