In the heart of the garden - Helene Wiggin

Sown with the seeds of tragedy and watered with bitter tears, the plot of land at Fritha's Well first becomes a garden in AD912, when it is cultivated by Fritha Bagshott. through the changing centuries, the garden changes, too, attached to a Priory during the horrors of the plague years; back in private hands as England is torn by civil strife; right up to the present day, when Iris Bagshott must decide whether or not to sell Friddy's Piece Cottage and its land. As we learn the history of the garden, we live through the momentous events of England's history and come to know and love the generations of Bagshotts and Salts whose women have found such inspiration and courage down the garden path.