Cradle of Thorns - Josephine Cox

"Driven and Passionate, she stirs a pot spiced with incest, wife-beating .... and murder" The Sunday Times. When I read this book which is the second I have read from this author, I suppose that I thought she may have improved upon her writing and that perhaps she developed her discriptive abilities. There do seem to be an awful lot of books written by this lady, and perhaps I had judged her harshly on the first read. The story revolves around a young lass called Nell, in the 1890's, who is maid that becomes pregnant and leaves home in order to find her future, away from the shame that she is accused of causing to her Aunt, and ...  Read the complete review