Maid Sally 9789371136020 Through its engaging prose and

Through its engaging prose and thought-provoking themes

As the niece of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger

private relationships

with his fellow Scots

the characters are caught in personal and political struggles that reflect the larger conflicts of the period

Maid Sally 9789371136020 Through its engaging prose andMaid Sally revolves around a young girl who lives in poverty with a woman who neither shows much kindness nor cruelty towards her. Filled with dreams of escaping her hard life and learning to read and write, the girl is spurred on by her imaginative nature and a fragment of a fairy tale she once heard. The opening introduces the girl as she is drawn to the enchanting world of a grand estate nearby and to her struggles under the care of the woman.