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The Last Hours

The Last hours is a 2017 historical novel written by British author Minette Walters.

This book represents a new style of writing for Walter, moving from crime fiction to historical fiction. The writing of this book took the author about 10 years.

Plot
During the summer of 1348, Lady Anne is informed by a messenger of the imminent arrival of a disease, black death, spreading quickly across England. She decides to bring in all the serfs of her demesne to isolate them from the disease. Soon tensions rise as her husband is locked out and food starts running out. The murder of a serf forces a group of them to leave the castle and look for food in the surrounding villages.

Allusions
The black death arrived first in England in melcombe in Dorset on 24 June 1348.