- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; 1st Edition edition (3 Feb 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192791575
- ISBN-13: 978-0192791573
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 395,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Julie Hearn's first book - 'Follow Me Down':- this immensely accomplished novel is spiked with humour. (Sunday Telegraph )
although written for younger readers, adults, too, will find it hard to put down. (Choice Magazine )
here is a voice which is a genuine original . . . a new, wild, free voice. (Books for Keeps )
A debut novel which deserves our attention . . . an extraordinary story (The Bookseller )
although written for younger readers, adults, too, will find it hard to put down. (Choice Magazine )
here is a voice which is a genuine original . . . a new, wild, free voice. (Books for Keeps )
A debut novel which deserves our attention . . . an extraordinary story (The Bookseller )
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is an excellent view of the period surrounding the English Witch trial scares. It doesn't sensationalise the events and presents a sympathetic view of the village wisewoman and how her actions can be misconstrued by ignorant mob rule. I found it very well written and liked the way the spells were presented in a different type ,it made it seems as though you were reading 2 books. One a straightforward novel, the other a wisewomans book of spells and charms
Hughly recommended for any age
Hughly recommended for any age
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is Spring 1645 and the first English Civil War is drawing to its inevitable close. King Charles I holds onto his freedom by a thread with his loyalist supporters holding only small pockets of the Midlands & North Wales with his son (Charles II to be) hiding out in the West Country (Cornwall). Matthew Hopkins, self-styled Witch-finder General plies his lucrative and deadly business stirring the countryside to find and nail any suspected of using the Dark Arts. Against this historical backdrop Julie Hearn tells her story of the Merrybegot (a child conceived on Beltane morning who has a special affinity to nature and the healing arts or to some - a witch). The countryside is alive with Piskies and Fairies though you might never see one. The book could be described as a fanciful precursor to the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in New England half a century later. Although I don't rate this one as being as good as Hearn's debut book (Follow Me Down) or Rowan the Strange, I did think it was a very enjoyable read, with pleasing characterisations - some feat considering that one of the characters I ended up caring so much for is a rather foolish chicken. The story is told primarily from our young Nell's point of view with a more retrospective and untrustworthy alternative supplied by the eventual confessions of Patience Madden - one of a pair of sisters who accuse Nell of ill wishing them. The author also does a great job weaving some fascinating folklore and real herbcraft into the narrative.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beautifully written, detailed and engrossing, this is historical fiction at its finest. The first book I've read by Julie Hearn - but definitely not the last!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Arrived Early and in Good Condition
I love this book , the story is beautifully written!
The condition of the book was as it said it would be and it arrived early :)
I have no complaints with this seller... Read more
The condition of the book was as it said it would be and it arrived early :)
I have no complaints with this seller... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ms J S
Excellent!!
Julie Hearn's slightly eccentric faerie/historical novel does not fail to disappoint, I finished it a couple of weeks ago but forgot to review it and so I'm doing it now. Read more
Published on 25 July 2009
Merry olde England
I love this book - I've read it twice so far and I know I'll read it again. This is the story of Nell, a young girl from the West Country whose grandmother is the local wise woman. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2009 by M. Harrison
A confession within a tale - but what is the truth?
THE MERRYBEGOT is a great novel for young adults. Hearn expertly creates a sense of the time (the middle to late seventeenth century) and setting (that of a small village in the... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2009 by Brida
RECOMMENDED
Julie Hearn is excellent at producing good reads containing historical facts mixed with fantasy and invention. Read more
Published on 31 July 2008 by getjiggy28
Wow!
a rattling good yarn - the first time I've ever read a Julie Hearn book but not the last! I really enjoyed 'the Merrybegot'; I loved the way several different strands of folklore... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2006 by J. Turner
Merry Meet........
and very happy I was to meet the characters in this thought provoking novel. The author transports the reader back to a very
turbulent time in English history where hypocrisy,... Read more
turbulent time in English history where hypocrisy,... Read more
Published on 18 April 2005 by Neferra
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