An Oxford Vengeance

By Lorna Fergusson

(Republished after restoration of rights to Salt, my award-winning story, which was published Corazon Books in Distant Echoes. Currently ebook, paperback to come.)

Oxford, 1390: in the aftermath of the events of Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale, one man hungers for justice …

Great Yarmouth, 1914: two Scottish girls arrive to find work – but one risks her heart, as war breaks out …

Étretat, Normandy, 1880: a woman heads up onto the cliffs for a meeting which will change her life for ever …

Aquitaine, France, 1442: ambushed, wounded and lost during the horrors of the Hundred Years’ War, an English knight seeks salvation …

These tales of love and conflict, loyalty and betrayal through the centuries feature ‘Salt’, winner of the Historical Novel Society’s Conference 2014 Short Story Award and an expanded version of ‘Reputation’, finalist for the HNS 2012 Short Story Award.