Inherit the Earth (Leicestershire Chronicles)
by Audrey Willsher
Category: Historical fiction, English

Leicestershire 1814: When Rachel, maid to Joseph Pedley and his family, witnesses the burning of her employer's corn rick, she realises that her own life could now be in danger. Even in a small Leictershire village, these are turbulent times. The Napoleonic wars have just ended soldiers are returning to falling wages and unemployment. Starvation and revolution are in the air... And then Rachel comes face to face with the young Jed Fairfax...