Title: The writing on the hearth
Description: Stephen, stepson of a plowman, who dreams of going to Oxford University as a poor scholar, finds his future jeopardized by witchcraft and political intrigue in fifteenth-century England.
Subjects: Children's stories, Fiction, History, Witchcraft, Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Great britain, history, wars of the roses, 1455-1485, fiction, Great britain, fiction
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: Henry VI, 1422-1461, Lancaster and York, 1399-1485