A Parcel of Patterns - Hardcover

Paton Walsh, Jill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374357501 ISBN 13: 9780374357504

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1983

Synopsis

Mall Percival tells how the plague came to her Derbyshire village of Eyam in the year 1665, how the villagers determined to isolate themselves to prevent further spread of the disease, and how three-fourths of them died before the end of the following year.In the seventeenth-century village of Eyam, frightened villagers try to stop the plague from spreading by staying within the boundaries of the town--a pact that hampers young Mall's romance with Thomas Torre, a man from another village

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Review:

"In 1665, a tailor in the village of Eyam received a parcel of cloth patterns from London, contaminated pieces that infected him with the plague. . .The author builds a novel that draws readers into the account related by Mall Percival, a young woman betrothed to Thomas Torre, who lives outside the village. . .[A] beautifully written, meaningful story." -Boxed review, "Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

Jill Paton Walsh is the author of books for adults, young adults and children. Her novel Knowledge of Angels was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Her crime novels and mystery novels include The Attenbury Emeralds, A Presumption of Death, The Wyndham Case and A Piece of Justice, which was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. With Dorothy L. Sayers, she was co-author of Thrones, Dominations. Her novels for children and young adults include The Green Book. She lives in Cambridge, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0374357501
• ISBN 13: 9780374357504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 136