The Lonely Furrow — Norah Lofts

Henry Tallboys Is The Master Of Knight's Acre Now. In The Village, They're Wondering Just Who Is The Mistress...

Henry Tallboys' shrewish wife, Griselda, has gone mad. Mistress Captoft is reportedly doing more than keeping house for him. And the girl, Joanna, beautiful but not yet thirteen, has set her cap for him. Meanwhile, Henry is struggling to maintain the family fortune.

Life is very difficult these days. Knighthood has ceased to flower, and knights like his father have become anachronisms. Henry, who has chosen to be a farmer, is at the mercy of time and the weather, of ignorance and prejudice. Trials for witchcraft are a regular and terrifying part of village life. Suddenly Henry Tallboys finds himself the quiet champion of an innocent victim....