...of kings and towers and superstitions
The Executioner's Daughter (The Executioner’s Daughter #1) by Jane Hardstaff Missing children along the River Thames, a daughter trapped inside the tower with an unaccounted for past and tales to explain why she must never leave the tower. Moss, the Executioner's daughter is on the verge of an awful truth. Stolen moments lead to outside the tower through a hidden way, stolen boots lead towards a new and unlikely friend. What is the mystery of the Witch of the Rivers and what does Moss have to do with her? Set against the backdrop of the Tower of London, Hardstaff weaves a story that gathers together, in the language of legends, a world bordering the reality of those who live outside the tower. A world where reality, superstition and witches meet on the eve of Anne Boleyn's downward path from Queen to traitor. A place where children are warned against being taken by the Riverwitch into the depths of the Thames. Moss's meeting with Anne is a lovely vignette of t...